Game preset
Path of Exile: controller layout for Mac
Path of Exile does not need a controller-aware version of itself to be played from a controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the game sees a keyboard and a mouse, and you hold the controller. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: Isometric ARPG, WASD scheme.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Path of Exile 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 | A | Move left (A) - requires WASD movement mode in Options |
| Left stick right | D | Move right (D) |
| Left stick up | W | Move up (W) |
| Left stick down | S | Move down (S) |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 20) | Aim cursor right (mouse) |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 20) | Aim cursor left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Aim cursor down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Aim cursor up |
| Right trigger | Left click | Right trigger: primary skill (left mouse) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Left trigger: secondary skill (right mouse) |
| A / Cross | Space | A/Cross: movement / utility skill slot (Space) |
| B / Circle | Q | B/Circle: skill slot Q |
| X / Square | Middle click | X/Square: third top-row skill (middle mouse) |
| Y / Triangle | E | Y/Triangle: skill slot E |
| LB / L1 | R | LB/L1: skill slot R |
| RB / R1 | T | RB/R1: skill slot T |
| D-pad up | 1 | D-pad Up: Flask 1 (1) |
| D-pad left | 2 | D-pad Left: Flask 2 (2) |
| D-pad right | 3 | D-pad Right: Flask 3 (3) |
| D-pad down | 4 | D-pad Down: Flask 4 (4) |
| Back / Share / Select | I | Back/Share: Inventory (I) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Start/Options: Escape / menu |
| L3 (left stick click) | 5 | L3: Flask 5 (5) |
| R3 (right stick click) | Alt / Option (Left) | R3: highlight items on the ground (hold Left Alt) |
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
- Path of Exile defaults to click-to-move. Enable WASD movement under Options > Input so the left stick steers your character.
- The right stick moves the targeting cursor; squeeze the right trigger to cast your left-mouse skill at it.
- Skill slots map to Q/E/R/T plus the three mouse buttons (left, middle, right). With WASD movement enabled, W/A/S/D are reserved for moving, so skills live on the surrounding keys.
- The d-pad and L3 fire your five life and utility flasks (keys 1-5).
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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