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LibreOffice from a game controller

Download InputConfig on the Mac App StoreThe LibreOffice layout is built into InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.

On a Mac: LibreOffice for Mac uses Command for its shortcuts and reads them from this layout like a keyboard.

Yes, LibreOffice Writer, Calc and Impress work from a game controller on a Mac, because LibreOffice for Mac uses Command for the same keys Word does. Copy, paste, select all and undo sit on the face buttons, the arrows on the D-pad. With dictation on a bumper, a long document is readable and editable from a chair.

The layout, control by control

Click a control. Labels:

How the layout thinks

  • Edit. Copy on the bottom face button, paste on the right, select all on the left, undo on the top.
  • Move the text cursor. The D-pad sends the arrow keys.
  • Point and scroll. The left stick is the pointer, the right stick scrolls, the right trigger clicks.

Tune it for each app

  • Calc. The arrows already move between cells. Add Tab and Return on the bumpers, or switch to the spreadsheet layout with per-app auto-switch.
  • Impress. The arrow keys advance a slideshow, and the presentation remote layout is built for presenting.
  • Dictation. Add a Start Dictation row on a bumper.
  • Save. Put Command S on a stick click.

Writer needs nothing changed, while Calc and Impress each want one small addition.

Get it in two clicks

  1. Get InputConfig free on the Mac App Store, open it, and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
  2. Search for LibreOffice and pick it. The layout 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.

Every binding, as a table

The LibreOffice preset in InputConfig, drawn on a DualSense Edge with each control labeled with the key or action it sends.
Figure 1. The LibreOffice preset drawn on a DualSense Edge in InputConfig's Live Visualizer. For example, Right trigger is labeled Click, and A / Cross is labeled Copy. Any other controller shows the same layout on its own drawing.
ControllerSendsWhat it does
Left stick leftMouse motion left (speed 16)Cursor left
Left stick rightMouse motion right (speed 16)Cursor right
Left stick upMouse motion up (speed 16)Cursor up
Left stick downMouse motion down (speed 16)Cursor down
Right stick downScroll downScroll down
Right stick upScroll upScroll up
Right triggerLeft clickClick
A / CrossCommand (Left), CCopy
B / CircleCommand (Left), VPaste
X / SquareCommand (Left), ASelect all
Y / TriangleCommand (Left), ZUndo
D-pad upUpArrow up
D-pad downDownArrow down
D-pad leftLeftArrow left
D-pad rightRightArrow right

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 labeled B; the mapping still fires on position.

Questions

Does this match the Word layout?

Yes, the rows are the same.

Download InputConfig on the Mac App StoreCompletely free. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon. Open source on GitHub.

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