Game preset
Company of Heroes 3: controller layout for Mac
Company of Heroes 3 does not need a controller-aware version of itself to be played from a controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the game sees a keyboard and a mouse, and you hold the controller. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: World War II real-time strategy.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Company of Heroes 3 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 the game for you when it activates: it launches steam://run/1677280 on activate, and confines and hides the pointer while it runs, so a stray mouse never leaves the window.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 22) | Left stick moves the pointer left |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 22) | Left stick moves the pointer right |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 22) | Left stick moves the pointer up |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 22) | Left stick moves the pointer down |
| Right stick left | Left | Right stick pans the camera west (Left arrow) |
| Right stick right | Right | Right stick pans the camera east (Right arrow) |
| Right stick up | Up | Right stick pans the camera north (Up arrow) |
| Right stick down | Down | Right stick pans the camera south (Down arrow) |
| A / Cross | Left click | A selects a unit (left click) |
| B / Circle | Right click | B issues a move or attack order (right click) |
| X / Square | A | X is attack-move on the command grid (A) |
| Y / Triangle | S | Y stops the selected units (S) |
| LB / L1 | T | LB retreats the selected units (T) |
| RB / R1 | R | RB reinforces the selected squad (R) |
| Left trigger | Scroll up | Left trigger zooms the camera out |
| Right trigger | Scroll down | Right trigger zooms the camera in |
| L3 (left stick click) | Middle click | L3 holds to free-pan the camera (middle mouse) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Alt / Option (Left) | R3 holds Alt for WASD camera and the ability grid |
| D-pad up | F1 | D-pad up selects HQ or production building 1 (F1) |
| D-pad down | F2 | D-pad down selects production building 2 (F2) |
| D-pad left | F3 | D-pad left selects production building 3 (F3) |
| D-pad right | F4 | D-pad right selects production building 4 (F4) |
| Back / Share / Select | Space | Back is tactical pause (Space) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Start opens the in-game menu (Esc) |
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
- Company of Heroes 3 is mouse-first, so the left stick drives the cursor for selection and the right stick scrolls the battlefield with the arrow keys.
- Left click selects and right click moves or attacks; the triggers zoom the way the mouse wheel does on PC, and hold L3 to grab the camera like middle mouse.
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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