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 inside InputConfig: open the sidebar and look in its folder, or search for it. Activate it, or press Edit to see every row. It is also here as a file, identical apart from being inactive and ungrouped, for anyone who deleted theirs or wants it on another Mac.
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 a downloaded preset: drop the file on InputConfig's Dock icon, or click the … button next to any preset in the sidebar, choose Import Preset File, and pick the file. It lands in the sidebar, ready to activate or edit. Any launch target inside a preset file is cleared on import; add one yourself in the editor if you want it.
Related
Completely free. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon. Open source on GitHub.
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