Game preset
Stardew Valley: controller layout for Mac
Stardew Valley 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: Farm, tend, and explore.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Stardew Valley 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 Stardew Valley.app for you when it activates.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | A | Walk left |
| Left stick right | D | Walk right |
| Left stick up | W | Walk up |
| Left stick down | S | Walk down |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 18) | Aim cursor right |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 18) | Aim cursor left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 18) | Aim cursor down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 18) | Aim cursor up |
| Right trigger | Left click | Use tool |
| Left trigger | Right click | Check / interact |
| A / Cross | Right click | Check / action |
| Y / Triangle | E | Inventory / menu (E) |
| Back / Share / Select | M | Map (M) |
| Start / Options | Escape | Menu (Esc) |
| D-pad up | 1 | Toolbar slot 1 |
| D-pad right | 2 | Toolbar slot 2 |
| D-pad down | 3 | Toolbar slot 3 |
| D-pad left | 4 | Toolbar slot 4 |
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 walks; right stick aims the tool cursor.
- Right trigger uses the held tool; left trigger / A checks and interacts.
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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