App preset
Nova: controller layout for Mac
Nova 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
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Nova 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 Nova.app for you when it activates.
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 |
| Right stick down | Scroll down | Scroll down |
| Right stick up | Scroll up | Scroll up |
| Right trigger | Left click | Click |
| A / Cross | Command (Left), S | Save |
| B / Circle | Command (Left), F | Find |
| X / Square | Command (Left), Shift (Left), P | Command palette |
| Y / Triangle | Command (Left), B | Toggle sidebar |
| D-pad left | Command (Left), Alt / Option (Left), Left | Previous editor |
| D-pad right | Command (Left), Alt / Option (Left), Right | Next editor |
| D-pad up | Up | Line up |
| D-pad down | Down | Line down |
| LB / L1 | Command (Left), Z | Undo |
| RB / R1 | Command (Left), Shift (Left), Z | Redo |
| Start / Options | Escape | Escape |
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 editor 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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