Workflow preset
Stage Manager & Spaces: layout for Mac
Stage Manager & 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: Drive Mission Control, Spaces, and window switching with a controller.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Stage Manager & 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Y / Triangle | Ctrl (Left), Up | Y: open Mission Control (Ctrl+Up) |
| A / Cross | Left click | A: left click / select window |
| B / Circle | Escape | B: close Mission Control / cancel (Esc) |
| X / Square | Ctrl (Left), Down | X: show all windows of front app (Ctrl+Down) |
| D-pad left | Ctrl (Left), Left | Move one Space left (Ctrl+Left) |
| D-pad right | Ctrl (Left), Right | Move one Space right (Ctrl+Right) |
| LB / L1 | Ctrl (Left), Left | LB: previous Space (Ctrl+Left) |
| RB / R1 | Ctrl (Left), Right | RB: next Space (Ctrl+Right) |
| Start / Options | F11 | Start: show desktop (F11) |
| Back / Share / Select | Command (Left), Tab | Back: app switcher forward (Cmd+Tab) |
| D-pad up | Command (Left), Tab | App switcher forward (Cmd+Tab) |
| D-pad down | Command (Left), Shift (Left), Tab | App switcher reverse (Cmd+Shift+Tab) |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 6) | Left stick right: move cursor right |
| Left stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 6) | Left stick left: move cursor left |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 6) | Left stick down: move cursor down |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 6) | Left stick up: move cursor up |
| Right stick right | Scroll up | Right stick down: scroll content down |
| Right stick left | Scroll down | Right stick up: scroll content up |
| L3 (left stick click) | Left click | L3: left click |
| R3 (right stick click) | Right click | R3: right click / context menu |
| Right trigger | Left click | Right trigger: left click (mirror of A) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Left trigger: 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
- Y opens Mission Control and X fans out the current app's windows, while the D-pad and shoulders slide between Spaces left and right.
- The left stick moves the pointer and A or the right trigger clicks, so you can pick a window in the overview without reaching for a mouse.
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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