Steam Controller 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.
This is the layout for Valve's Steam Controller, read directly by the app: the right trackpad is the mouse, the triggers are left and right click, and the face buttons and rear grips carry the keys. It is a comfortable couch layout for a browser or a media app.
Plug in a Steam Controller (wired or wireless dongle); it appears as a virtual slot just past your MFi controllers.
Where it is in the app
It ships in the Feature Showcases 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 22) | variable sensitivity; Smooth curve; deadzone 12% | Right trackpad: pointer right |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 22) | variable sensitivity; Smooth curve; deadzone 12% | Right trackpad: pointer left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 18) | variable sensitivity; Smooth curve; deadzone 12% | Right trackpad: pointer down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 18) | variable sensitivity; Smooth curve; deadzone 12% | Right trackpad: pointer up |
| Paddle 3 | Left click | Right trackpad press: left click | |
| Right trigger | Left click | Right trigger: left click | |
| Left trigger | Right click | Left trigger: right click | |
| Y / Triangle | Command [ | Left bumper: Cmd [ (back) | |
| X / Square | Command ] | Right bumper: Cmd ] (forward) | |
| RT / R2 (digital) | Return | A: Return | |
| RB / R1 | Escape | B: Escape | |
| LT / L2 (digital) | Tab | X: Tab | |
| LB / L1 | Space | Y: Space | |
| Microphone / Mute | Shift | Left grip: Shift (held) | |
| Left Paddle | Option | Right grip: Option (held) | |
| Touchpad press | Command Space | Steam button: Spotlight (Cmd Space) |
16 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
- Quit Steam first. Otherwise Steam and InputConfig fight over the controller's lizard mode.
- Button numbers. The Steam Controller page has the button index table.
Steam has to be closed, every time.
Download
- Steam Controller presetRight trackpad drives the mouse, face buttons + grips type keys (10 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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