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Craft from a game controller

Download InputConfig on the Mac App StoreThe Craft layout is built into 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.

On a Mac: Craft reads keys from this layout like a keyboard. The search row sends Command P from the Notion layout. Check it against Craft's own search key.

Yes, you can read and tidy Craft documents on a Mac from a game controller: search on the big button, copy, paste and undo on the others, the pointer and scroll on the sticks. A Craft doc is read more than it is written, and the right stick reads. The search row comes from the Notion layout, so check it once.

The layout, control by control

Click a control. Labels:

How the layout thinks

  • Find. Search (Command P, from the Notion layout) on the bottom face button.
  • Edit. Copy on the right face button, paste on the left, undo on the top.
  • Read. The right stick scrolls, the left stick is the pointer, the right trigger clicks, Escape is on Start.

Check the search row

  • You: Press the bottom face button in Craft.
  • InputConfig: Sends Command P.
  • Check: If search does not open, look up Craft's search key in its Help menu and set the row's output to it.

Search is the one row worth checking, since the rest are the Mac's own edit keys.

Tune it

  • Dictation. Add a Start Dictation row on a bumper. Both are free.
  • New document. Put Command N on a stick click.
  • Moving blocks. Pointer work, easier with a lower Pointer speed on the preset's page.

Read with the right stick, tidy with the face buttons, and leave the big rewrites for the keyboard.

Get it in two clicks

  1. Get InputConfig free on the Mac App Store, open it, and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
  2. Search for Craft and pick it. The layout is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
  3. Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.

Every binding, as a table

The Craft preset in InputConfig, drawn on a DualSense Edge with each control labeled with the key or action it sends.
Figure 1. The Craft preset drawn on a DualSense Edge in InputConfig's Live Visualizer. For example, Right trigger is labeled Click, and A / Cross is labeled Quick find (Cmd+P). Any other controller shows the same layout on its own drawing.
ControllerSendsWhat it does
Left stick leftMouse motion left (speed 16)Cursor left
Left stick rightMouse motion right (speed 16)Cursor right
Left stick upMouse motion up (speed 16)Cursor up
Left stick downMouse motion down (speed 16)Cursor down
Right stick downScroll downScroll down
Right stick upScroll upScroll up
Right triggerLeft clickClick
A / CrossCommand (Left), PQuick find (Cmd+P)
B / CircleCommand (Left), CCopy
X / SquareCommand (Left), VPaste
Y / TriangleCommand (Left), ZUndo
Start / OptionsEscapeClose / 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 labeled B; the mapping still fires on position.

Questions

Does this match the Notion layout?

Yes, it has the same shape as the Notion layout. Both are search plus a pointer.

Download InputConfig on the Mac App StoreCompletely 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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