App preset

JetBrains Rider: controller layout for Mac

JetBrains Rider 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: Navigate code and run shortcuts.

Get the preset in two clicks

  1. Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
  2. Search for JetBrains Rider and pick it. The layout below 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.

The full button map

ControllerSendsWhat it does
Left stick leftMouse motion left (speed 16)Pointer left
Left stick rightMouse motion right (speed 16)Pointer right
Left stick upMouse motion up (speed 16)Pointer up
Left stick downMouse motion down (speed 16)Pointer down
Right stick downScroll downScroll down
Right stick upScroll upScroll up
Right triggerLeft clickClick
A / CrossCommand (Left), Shift (Left), OGo to file (Cmd+Shift+O)
B / CircleCommand (Left), BGo to declaration (Cmd+B)
X / SquareCommand (Left), /Comment line (Cmd+/)
Y / TriangleCtrl (Left), RRun (Ctrl+R)
LB / L1Command (Left), FFind (Cmd+F)
RB / R1Command (Left), Shift (Left), FFind in path (Cmd+Shift+F)
Back / Share / SelectCommand (Left), SSave all (Cmd+S)
Start / OptionsCtrl (Left), DDebug (Ctrl+D)
D-pad upUpUp
D-pad downDownDown

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

  • Left stick moves the pointer; right stick scrolls.
  • Face buttons run common IDE shortcuts; rebind to taste.

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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