Workflow preset
Menu Bar and Dock: layout for Mac
Menu Bar and Dock 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: Reach the menu bar, Dock, and windows.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Menu Bar and Dock 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 16) | Cursor left |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Cursor right |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Cursor up |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Cursor down |
| D-pad up | Up | Up |
| D-pad down | Down | Down |
| D-pad left | Left | Left |
| D-pad right | Right | Right |
| A / Cross | Return | Activate (Return) |
| B / Circle | Escape | Dismiss (Escape) |
| X / Square | Tab | Next control (Tab) |
| Y / Triangle | Shift (Left), Tab | Previous control |
| LB / L1 | Ctrl (Left), F2 | Menu bar (Ctrl + F2) |
| RB / R1 | Ctrl (Left), F3 | Dock (Ctrl + F3) |
| Back / Share / Select | Ctrl (Left), F8 | Status menus (Ctrl + F8) |
| Start / Options | Command (Left), Space | Spotlight (Cmd + Space) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Command (Left), Tab | App switcher (Cmd + Tab) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Command (Left), ` | Cycle windows (Cmd + `) |
| Right trigger | Left click | Click |
| Left trigger | Right click | Right click |
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
- Shoulder and face buttons jump straight to the menu bar, the Dock, and the status menus.
- The D-pad moves through items and the bottom face button activates them.
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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