I never used to have issues with this bar, but when I got my current phone it's using a version of Android that defaults to that newer bar-less gesture based control scheme. I hate that new system so I changed it back to the bar.

But now I have this problem where I frequently get accidental presses on the nav bar while typing. It's a daily occurrence that I will accidentally hit the home button while typing anything, which is annoying as hell. This never used to happen before.

Is it maybe just the particular phone I have, or has anyone else noticed the same issue? It's obnoxious enough that I keep looking into getting a device with physical keyboard.

What phone and ROM do you have? I use GrapheneOS and I haven't seen that bar for a long time.

You're not alone, but also I miss my physical keyboard :(

back button on the right? did you willingly subject yourself to a samsung?

you can turn it on in settings.

Funny enough, I actually like this setup more than the default. Reaching over across the screen to touch the back button just seems more difficult and error prone.

You can set the keyboard to have padding at the bottom, so that there's more distance between space and the home-button.

If the pre-installed keyboard app doesn't allow this, you can do it with HeliBoard, for example, in the settings under Appearance → Bottom padding scale.

aesthetically it hurts though. and since i've been on android since the buttons were actual buttons, it hurts my muscle memory as well

also, unpopular opinion: if reaching part of the screen is a problem, the screen is too big.

Heliboard is mainly what I use, so I'll give that a try..

No, this is a Motorola phone with LineageOS. I switched it to have back on the right cause it's better.

Right, I wish there were good options that are affordable and support custom firmware.

I'm using a Motorola phone with LineageOS. It defaults to gesture based navigation, but has the nav bar as an option. I hate the gesture nav, so I stick to the bar.

Yes it is too big but what are you going to do.

It lets you see more things being bigger

personally? i only buy phones i can use with one hand. which is why i can basically only buy sony nowadays.

So do I -- even though it is too big i use it one handed anyway, because getting a different phone isn't in the budget