Workflow preset

Web Research: layout for Mac

Web Research 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: Tabs, scroll, find, back, forward, new tab.

Get the preset in two clicks

  1. Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
  2. Search for Web Research 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 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), FFind on page
Y / TriangleCommand (Left), TNew tab
LB / L1Command (Left), WClose tab
RB / R1Command (Left), LAddress bar
D-pad leftCommand (Left), Alt / Option (Left), [Previous tab
D-pad rightCommand (Left), Alt / Option (Left), ]Next tab

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

  • Works in any browser; face buttons are Back, Forward, Find, New Tab.
  • D-pad switches tabs; right stick scrolls the page.

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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