App preset
calibre E-book Viewer: controller layout for Mac
calibre E-book Viewer can be driven from a game controller, a MIDI pad, or an adaptive controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the app sees an ordinary keyboard and mouse. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: Turn pages and browse books one-handed.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for calibre E-book Viewer and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
The preset can open calibre.app for you when it activates.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| A / Cross | Space | Next page (Space) |
| B / Circle | Shift (Left), Space | Previous page (Shift+Space) |
| RB / R1 | Space | Next page (Space) |
| LB / L1 | Shift (Left), Space | Previous page (Shift+Space) |
| Y / Triangle | Command (Left), T | Table of contents (Ctrl+T / Cmd+T) |
| X / Square | Command (Left), F | Search in book (Cmd+F) |
| Start / Options | Command (Left), B | Add bookmark (Ctrl+B / Cmd+B) |
| Back / Share / Select | Alt / Option (Left), Left | Back to previous location (Alt+Left) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Command (Left), Shift (Left), F | Toggle fullscreen (Cmd+Shift+F) |
| D-pad right | Right | Next page (Right arrow) |
| D-pad left | Left | Previous page (Left arrow) |
| D-pad up | Up | Scroll up a line (Up arrow) |
| D-pad down | Down | Scroll down a line (Down arrow) |
| Left stick right | Right | Page forward |
| Left stick left | Left | Page back |
| Right stick up | Scroll up | Scroll up within page |
| Right stick down | Scroll down | Scroll down within page |
| Right trigger | Command (Left), = | Increase font size (Cmd++) |
| Left trigger | Command (Left), - | Decrease font size (Cmd+-) |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- A and the right bumper turn the page forward; B and the left bumper go back.
- Right trigger makes the text larger and left trigger makes it smaller.
- Y opens the table of contents and Start drops a bookmark at your spot.
Make it yours
Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.
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