Easy Edit 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 Edit is for a controller in one hand and a mouse or trackpad in the other, the way a keyboard and a mouse share the work. Every button does one thing. The D-pad holds the four editing shortcuts together, the way they sit together on a keyboard: up Undo, down Copy, left Cut, right Paste. It counts one direction at a time, so a quick press cannot fire Cut in place of Copy. A deletes, B saves, X types a space and Y is Return. Push the left stick down to hear the selected text read aloud, or up, firmly, to start Dictation. The right stick scrolls.
LT and LB go back and forward a web page, RT and RB switch to the previous and next tab, Back jumps to the browser's address bar, Start opens Spotlight, and a press on the left stick or the touchpad shows Mission Control. It began as a tester's own layout. Easy Browse is its companion for using the Mac from the controller alone.
D-pad = undo, copy, cut, paste; A delete, B save, X space, Y return; left stick down = read aloud, up = dictation; right stick = scroll; LT and LB = back and forward a page, RT and RB = previous and next tab; Back = address bar, Start = Spotlight, L3 or touchpad = Mission Control.
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 down | Speak Selection | deadzone 28% | Left stick down: read the selected text aloud |
| Left stick up | Start Dictation | deadzone 49% | Left stick up, pushed firmly: start Dictation, again to stop |
| Right stick up | Scroll up | variable sensitivity; deadzone 25% | Scroll up |
| Right stick down | Scroll down | variable sensitivity; deadzone 25% | Scroll down |
| D-pad up | Command Z | speaks "undo" | Undo (Command Z) |
| D-pad down | Command C | speaks "copy" | Copy (Command C) |
| D-pad left | Command X | speaks "cut" | Cut (Command X) |
| D-pad right | Command V | speaks "paste" | Paste (Command V) |
| A / Cross | Backspace | speaks "delete" | Delete: erases the letter before the cursor, or the selection |
| B / Circle | Command S | speaks "save" | Save (Command S) |
| X / Square | Space | speaks "space" | Space |
| Y / Triangle | Return | speaks "return" | Return: confirm, open, send |
| L3 (left stick click) | Mission Control | vibrate | Left stick press: Mission Control, every open window at once |
| LT / L2 (digital) | Command [ | Back one web page | |
| LB / L1 | Command ] | Forward one web page | |
| RT / R2 (digital) | Command Shift [ | Previous tab | |
| RB / R1 | Command Shift ] | Next tab | |
| Back / Share / Select | Command L | Browser address bar (Command L): type a search or an address | |
| Start / Options | Spotlight Search | Spotlight: type the first letters of anything | |
| Touchpad press | Mission Control | Touchpad press: Mission Control, the same as the left stick press |
20 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 and the D-pad 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.
Turn on Dictation and Speak selection first, or two of the stick moves do nothing.
Download
- Easy Edit presetA calm editing layout for one hand, with a mouse in the other (14 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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