Game preset
Dead by Daylight: controller layout for Mac
Dead by Daylight 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: Controller mapped to the PC keyboard and mouse defaults.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Dead by Daylight 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/381210 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 up | W | Move forward (W) |
| Left stick down | S | Move back (S) |
| Left stick left | A | Move left (A) |
| Left stick right | D | Move right (D) |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Look right (mouse) |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 16) | Look left (mouse) |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Look down (mouse) |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Look up (mouse) |
| A / Cross | Left click | Interact / pick up, hold (Left Click) |
| X / Square | Space | Action / vault / skill check (Space) |
| Right trigger | Right click | Use item / Active Ability 1 (Right Click) |
| B / Circle | Ctrl (Left) | Crouch (Ctrl) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left) | Run / sprint (Shift) |
| LB / L1 | E | Ability / equip secondary (E) |
| RB / R1 | F | Active Ability 2 (F) |
| Y / Triangle | Q | Event ability (Q) |
| Back / Share / Select | R | Drop item (R) |
| D-pad up | 1 | Point at (1) |
| D-pad down | 2 | Follow me (2) |
| Left trigger | Space | Skill-check / secondary action mirror (Space) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Pause / 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
- Hold A on a gen, hook, or chest to interact, matching the left-click default.
- Right trigger is your item / Active Ability 1 (right click); F fires Active Ability 2.
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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