BOOX Go Color 7 · Customization
Set up the Navigation Ball and gestures on the BOOX Go Color 7
The Navigation Ball is a floating shortcut button that saves you diving into menus. Here is what to put on it, plus the edge-swipe gestures worth setting.
The Navigation Ball turns a two- or three-step menu dive into one tap, and its best use is a fast full-screen refresh to clear ghosting without leaving your book. Set that up first, add Back and Home, and configure the edge swipes so you can move around Android without hunting for on-screen buttons that are hard to see on e-ink.
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Turn on the Navigation Ball
Open Settings, then look for "Navigation Ball" (sometimes under "Function settings" or the control centre). Enable it. A small circular button appears floating over whatever app you are in; drag it to a corner out of the way of text.
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Choose what its shortcuts do
Tapping the ball fans out a ring of shortcuts. Set them to the actions you reach for most — a common set is: full-screen refresh (clears ghosting), Back, Home, recent apps, and a brightness or refresh-mode toggle. You usually get four to nine slots.
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Set the full-refresh shortcut first
The single most useful shortcut is "refresh" or "full-screen refresh". Ghosting builds up in any app; a one-tap clear from the ball beats opening the control centre every time.
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Set up edge-swipe gestures
Under Settings, then "Gesture" (or "Function settings"), you can assign swipes from the left, right and bottom edges. Useful choices are: swipe up from the bottom for recent apps or the control centre, swipe from the left edge for Back. Keep the page-turn area of your reading apps clear of these.
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Remap the physical buttons
Under Settings, then "Button" (or in a reading app's own settings), set the two side buttons to next and previous page, and assign a long-press — a screen refresh or bookmark are good picks. Some apps ignore the system mapping and need their own; KOReader is one.
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Hide the ball when writing or in full-screen apps
The ball can get in the way in a browser or a note app. It has an auto-hide/opacity option, and you can toggle it off quickly from the control centre when you need the whole screen.