App preset
Unreal Engine 5: controller layout for Mac
Unreal Engine 5 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: Viewport navigation and transform tools.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Unreal Engine 5 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 | Mouse motion left (speed 16) | Pointer left |
| Left stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 16) | Pointer right |
| Left stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 16) | Pointer up |
| Left stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 16) | Pointer down |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 18) | Look right (hold RT) |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 18) | Look left (hold RT) |
| Right stick down | Scroll down | Zoom out |
| Right stick up | Scroll up | Zoom in |
| Right trigger | Left click | Select (left click) |
| Left trigger | Right click | Fly look (hold right mouse) |
| A / Cross | Q | Select mode (Q) |
| B / Circle | W | Translate gizmo (W) |
| X / Square | E | Rotate gizmo (E) |
| Y / Triangle | R | Scale gizmo (R) |
| LB / L1 | F | Focus selected (F) |
| RB / R1 | G | Game view (G) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Middle click | Pan (middle mouse) |
| Back / Share / Select | Command (Left), S | Save (Cmd+S) |
| Start / Options | Alt / Option (Left), P | Play in editor (Alt+P) |
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
- Q/W/E/R switch Select, Translate, Rotate, and Scale; F frames the selection.
- Hold the left trigger for mouse-look while flying, and Start plays in editor.
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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