Is there a way to use space between buttons in landscape

After much digging I've realised there is no Qt-way to use 3 middle buttons in landscape mode in S50v5, however I don't like to waste this precious space. I've tried to place my widgets there but menu开发者_JAVA技巧 bar is on top and widgets aren't visible.

Is there any way to utilise this space without using native Symbian APIs?

Controlling the stock softkeys in Qt is a pain. The strategy I have used is to make the QMainWindow full-screen with showFullScreen() which allows you to use the softkey space yourself. You will have to make sure any widgets you create are ultimately parents of the main window, and be mindful of this bug when creating pop-ups.