App preset

Safari: controller layout for Mac

Safari 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: Cursor, scroll, tabs, back, forward, reload.

Get the preset in two clicks

  1. Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
  2. Search for Safari and pick it. The layout below 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.

The preset can open Safari.app for you when it activates.

The full button map

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 clickLeft click
Left triggerRight clickRight click
A / CrossCommand (Left), LeftBack
B / CircleCommand (Left), RightForward
X / SquareCommand (Left), RReload
Y / TriangleCommand (Left), TNew tab
LB / L1Command (Left), WClose tab
RB / R1Command (Left), LAddress bar
D-pad leftCommand (Left), Alt / Option (Left), LeftPrevious tab
D-pad rightCommand (Left), Alt / Option (Left), RightNext tab
Start / OptionsEscapeStop / Esc

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.
  • D-pad left and right step through your open tabs.

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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