Workflow preset
Drawing & Painting: layout for Mac
Drawing & Painting 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: Cursor, draw, brush size, undo (any art app).
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Drawing & Painting 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 full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 10) | Cursor left (precise) |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 10) | Cursor right (precise) |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 10) | Cursor up (precise) |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 10) | Cursor down (precise) |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 26) | Cursor left (fast) |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 26) | Cursor right (fast) |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 26) | Cursor up (fast) |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 26) | Cursor down (fast) |
| Right trigger | Left click | Draw (hold) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Right click |
| A / Cross | Command (Left), Z | Undo |
| B / Circle | Command (Left), Alt / Option (Left), Z | Redo |
| LB / L1 | [ | Brush smaller ([) |
| RB / R1 | ] | Brush larger (]) |
| X / Square | E | Eraser (E) |
| Y / Triangle | B | Brush (B) |
| Start / Options | Command (Left), S | Save |
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 the right trigger to draw; left stick is precise, right stick is fast.
- Bumpers change brush size; B and E switch brush and eraser.
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.
Related
