Easy Browse preset
This preset ships inside InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.
Easy Browse is the layout InputConfig offers first, on the welcome screen, for anyone who wants the whole Mac from a controller without learning a system. The left stick moves the pointer and starts slow, so small targets are easy to land on. The right stick scrolls. A clicks, B goes back a page, X closes menus and pop-ups, and Y confirms or opens. Press the left stick to grab a window, a file or some text, and press it again to drop. Press the right stick for a double click. Both give a firm buzz so you know they counted. LB starts Dictation, RB reads the selected text aloud, Start or the touchpad opens Spotlight, and Back shows Mission Control. The D-pad moves through web pages and tabs, one direction at a time.
It began as a tester's own layout, and the setup guide for a parent walks through the Mac settings around it. For writing and editing with a mouse in the other hand, Easy Edit is its companion.
Left stick = pointer (starts slow), right stick = scroll, A click, B back, X close, Y open, L3 grab and drop, R3 double click, LB dictation, RB read aloud, Start or touchpad = Spotlight, Back = Mission Control, D-pad = web pages and tabs.
Where it is in the app
It ships in the Desktop & Productivity folder of the sidebar. Activate it, or press Edit to see every row. The file below is the same preset, inactive and ungrouped.
Every binding
| Input | Sends | Options | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 9) | variable sensitivity; Smooth curve; deadzone 28% | Pointer left |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 9) | variable sensitivity; Smooth curve; deadzone 28% | Pointer right |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 9) | variable sensitivity; Smooth curve; deadzone 28% | Pointer up |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 9) | variable sensitivity; Smooth curve; deadzone 28% | Pointer down |
| Right stick up | Scroll up | variable sensitivity; deadzone 25% | Scroll up |
| Right stick down | Scroll down | variable sensitivity; deadzone 25% | Scroll down |
| D-pad left | Command [ | Back one web page | |
| D-pad right | Command ] | Forward one web page | |
| D-pad down | Command Shift [ | Previous tab | |
| D-pad up | Command Shift ] | Next tab | |
| A / Cross | Left click | vibrate; speaks "click" | Click |
| B / Circle | Command [ | speaks "back" | Go back |
| X / Square | Escape | speaks "close" | Close menus and pop-ups |
| Y / Triangle | Return | speaks "open" | Confirm, open, send |
| L3 (left stick click) | Left click | toggle; vibrate | Left stick press: grab and drop (press once to hold the click, again to let go) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Left click | repeat x2; vibrate | Right stick press: double click |
| LB / L1 | Start Dictation | Start Dictation, press again to stop | |
| RB / R1 | Speak Selection | Read Selection: reads the selected text aloud | |
| Start / Options | Spotlight Search | Spotlight: type the first letters of anything | |
| Back / Share / Select | Mission Control | Mission Control: every open window at once | |
| Touchpad press | Spotlight Search | Spotlight: type the first letters of anything |
21 rows. Button names are the Xbox / PlayStation pair the editor shows; a Switch Pro Controller fires by position. Options are the row settings that differ from the defaults.
Notes
- Spoken names. The face buttons say their names through the Mac's sound output while you learn them. Switch that off in each row's Options.
- Dictation. It needs to be on in System Settings, Keyboard.
- Reading aloud. It needs Speak selection on in System Settings, Accessibility, Spoken Content.
Switch on Dictation and Speak selection before the first session, so every button works the first time.
Download
- Easy Browse presetA calm layout for using the whole Mac from a controller (15 KB)
To add one, drop the file on InputConfig's Dock icon, or see importing a preset. It arrives inactive, and any launch target in it is cleared.
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