An electronic device includes a device housing and a blade assembly carrying a flexible display and configured to translate around the device housing between an extended position, a retracted position, and a peek position. The electronic device includes one or more processors and a communication device operable with the one or more processors. When the communication device is in communication with a content presentation companion device operating as a primary display for the electronic device, the one or more processors determine a front-facing area amount required to present a controller user interface on a front-facing portion of the flexible display and cause the blade assembly to transition to a position defined by the front-facing area amount.