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Chords: two buttons for one action

A chord is a row that only fires while another button on the same controller is held. It gives every button a second layer without giving up its first job: D-pad up scrolls, and Triangle plus D-pad up jumps to the top of the page. A small controller stops running out of buttons.

Making a chord

1. Edit a preset and add a row on the button that does the work, for example D-pad up.
2. Set its output as usual: a key, a macro, a system function, anything.
3. Open the row's Options and, under Press Behavior, set While holding to the button that acts as the modifier, for example Y / Triangle.
4. Save. The row now fires only while Triangle is down and D-pad up is pressed.

Plain and chord rows on one button

Keep a plain D-pad up row for the normal action and add a second D-pad up row with a modifier for the chord. While the modifier is held the plain row stays quiet, so the two never fire together. Hold the modifier first, then press the button, the same order as Shift plus a key.

The modifier's own binding

The modifier button keeps whatever binding it already has. If Triangle is bound to a key and you also use it as a modifier, that key still fires when Triangle goes down. If you do not want that, give the modifier a row with no output, or pick a button that has nothing bound, such as a back paddle or a bumper.

Layers

Two modifiers give three layers: plain, held with modifier A, held with modifier B. Combined with hold actions and double taps, a single face button can carry five different outputs. The work-from-a-controller guide builds a full keyboard replacement this way.

Where chords work

Chords are for game controllers: the modifier is always a button on the same controller as the row. Keyboard, mouse, and MIDI rows do not offer a modifier, though a MIDI note can be bound to a macro that holds a real modifier key instead.

Questions

Related

• The binding editor
• Hold and double-tap actions
• Macros, turbo, and toggle
• Working from a controller