App preset
Inkscape: controller layout for Mac
Inkscape 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 Inkscape - selection, node, pen tools, zoom and group.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Inkscape 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 Inkscape.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 | Select / draw (LMB) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Context menu (RMB) |
| A / Cross | S | Selection tool (S) |
| X / Square | N | Node editor tool (N) |
| Y / Triangle | B | Pen / Bezier tool (B) |
| B / Circle | P | Pencil / freehand tool (P) |
| LB / L1 | R | Rectangle tool (R) |
| RB / R1 | Z | Zoom tool (Z) |
| D-pad up | = | Zoom in ( = ) |
| D-pad down | - | Zoom out ( - ) |
| D-pad left | 1 | Zoom 100% (1) |
| D-pad right | 5 | Zoom to fit page (5) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Ctrl (Left), G | Group (Ctrl+G) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Shift (Left), Ctrl (Left), G | Ungroup (Shift+Ctrl+G) |
| Back / Share / Select | Shift (Left), Ctrl (Left), A | Align & Distribute (Shift+Ctrl+A) |
| Right stick down | Ctrl (Left), Y | Redo (Ctrl+Y) |
| Right stick up | Ctrl (Left), Z | Undo (Ctrl+Z) |
| Start / Options | Ctrl (Left), S | Save (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
- Face buttons pick the core tools: Selection (S), Node (N), Pen (B) and Pencil (P).
- The d-pad covers zoom: in, out, 100% and fit-page at a glance.
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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