Stick Zones & Gestures 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.
Stick Zones & Gestures is the showcase for the parts of a stick or trigger that can be buttons of their own. The left stick walks with W, A, S and D, and pushed all the way up it also holds Shift to sprint: that Sprint ring shares the stick with the walking rows. The right stick is a four-way menu of rings, one arrow key each. The left trigger has two bands, a half pull for 1 and a full pull for 2. Pull the left stick straight back twice for Escape, or flick it right twice for Tab.
Works with any controller: walk on the left stick, a four-way menu on the right, two pulls on the left trigger, and two gestures
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left stick up | W | Left stick up: W, walk forward | |
| Left stick down | S | Left stick down: S, walk back | |
| Left stick left | A | Left stick left: A | |
| Left stick right | D | Left stick right: D | |
| Left stick region | Shift | All the way up: Shift to sprint, as well as W (this ring shares the stick) | |
| Right stick region | Up | Right stick up ring: Up arrow | |
| Right stick region | Right | Right stick right ring: Right arrow | |
| Right stick region | Down | Right stick down ring: Down arrow | |
| Right stick region | Left | Right stick left ring: Left arrow | |
| Left trigger band | 1 | Left trigger half pulled: 1 | |
| Left trigger band | 2 | Left trigger pulled all the way: 2 | |
| Stick gesture | Escape | Pull the left stick straight back twice: Escape | |
| Stick gesture | Tab | Flick the left stick right twice: Tab (each flick also steps right with D) |
13 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
- The Sprint ring. It covers the outer tenth of the left stick's travel (Inner 90%, Outer 100%) from 60 to 120 degrees, so within 30 degrees of straight up. It shares the stick, so W keeps walking while Shift is held.
- The right stick menu. Four rings from half way out to the edge, a quarter turn each, centered on up, right, down and left. The right stick has no direction rows, so each ring fires on its own and the middle stays neutral.
- The trigger bands. Half pull runs from 30% to 70% of the left trigger's travel and Full pull from 70% to 100%, each one a button.
- The gestures. Stick Gesture rows: two pulls straight back send Escape, two flicks right send Tab. Each flick also takes a step, since the walking rows still read the stick.
- Make it yours. The regions belong to this preset. Choose Edit regions in a stick row's direction menu, or open the editor's Regions card, to resize them or draw your own; a region can take over its stick, so only it fires there, or share it with the direction rows.
A ring reads how far the stick is pushed as well as which way, so the same push can walk and sprint.
Download
- Stick Zones & Gestures presetRings, trigger bands and flicks as buttons 11 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.
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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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