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Mission Control & Spaces: layout for Mac
Mission Control & Spaces 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: Pointer, Spaces, and window overview.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Mission Control & Spaces 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) | Pointer left |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Pointer right |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Pointer up |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Pointer down |
| Right stick down | Scroll down | Scroll down |
| Right stick up | Scroll up | Scroll up |
| Right trigger | Left click | Click |
| Left trigger | Right click | Right click |
| A / Cross | Ctrl (Left), Up | Mission Control (Ctrl+Up) |
| B / Circle | Ctrl (Left), Down | App windows (Ctrl+Down) |
| LB / L1 | Ctrl (Left), Left | Previous Space (Ctrl+Left) |
| RB / R1 | Ctrl (Left), Right | Next Space (Ctrl+Right) |
| X / Square | Command (Left), Space | Spotlight (Cmd+Space) |
| Y / Triangle | F11 | Show desktop (F11) |
| Back / Share / Select | Command (Left), Tab | App switcher (Cmd+Tab) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Escape |
| D-pad up | Up | Up |
| D-pad down | Down | Down |
| D-pad left | Left | Left |
| D-pad right | Right | 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 labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- Left stick moves the pointer; A opens Mission Control and the bumpers switch Spaces.
- Y shows the desktop and Start is Escape.
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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