App preset
GIMP: controller layout for Mac
GIMP 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: Controller mapping for GIMP - paint, tools, brush size, zoom and undo.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for GIMP 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 GIMP.app for you when it activates.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Move cursor right |
| Left stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 16) | Move cursor left |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Move cursor down |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Move cursor up |
| Right trigger | Left click | Paint / left click (LMB) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Color picker / right click (RMB) |
| A / Cross | P | Paintbrush tool (P) |
| X / Square | N | Pencil tool (N) |
| Y / Triangle | Shift (Left), E | Eraser tool (Shift+E) |
| B / Circle | M | Move tool (M) |
| LB / L1 | [ | Decrease brush size ( [ ) |
| RB / R1 | ] | Increase brush size ( ] ) |
| D-pad up | = | Zoom in ( = ) |
| D-pad down | - | Zoom out ( - ) |
| D-pad left | Ctrl (Left), Z | Undo (Ctrl+Z) |
| D-pad right | Ctrl (Left), Y | Redo (Ctrl+Y) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Shift (Left), Ctrl (Left), J | Fit image in window (Shift+Ctrl+J) |
| Right stick down | Scroll down | Scroll canvas down |
| Right stick up | Scroll up | Scroll canvas up |
| Back / Share / Select | Shift (Left), Ctrl (Left), E | Export As (Shift+Ctrl+E) |
| Start / Options | Ctrl (Left), S | Save / overwrite (Ctrl+S) |
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
- The shoulder buttons step brush size with the [ and ] bracket keys.
- D-pad left and right are mapped to Undo and Redo for fast iteration.
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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