Are you using SteamInput for the desktop controller input? (In steam, go to Settings -> Controller -> scroll to the bottom to Non-Game Controller Layouts, and enable SteamInput for Desktop Layout)?

I believe so, but in my case it’s Settings -> Controller -> Show Advanced Settings, then under Non-Game Controller Layouts I have the Desktop Layout.

I don’t see an option to enable or disable Steam Input. This is the same path regardless of whether I open Steam’s settings in Desktop Mode or in Gaming Mode.

Since it’s supposed to switch when you launch a game, I assume that only applies to Steam games? Would I be able to have this trigger for non-Steam games if I added them to my Steam library?

So I’m guessing that if I launch a game through desktop mode, my binds will conflict unless I do something to prevent them from conflicting, like setting a modifier that needs to be triggered to use my binds?

Could be, key word “could.” I’ll believe it when I see it.

Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Old Slashdot term.

It’s really undeserved, especially since the dev went out of their way to write a detailed install procedure for Bazzite. I just gave them an upvote on that comment, but I wish I gave them one sooner.

I see. I wonder, does any of this have issues on Wayland? I try to use it wherever I can for its security benefits, though I know it’s not as flexible as X11 in some cases.

Also, I don’t know where that downvote came from, but it wasn’t me. I gave you an updoot to bring you back above 0.

Is it theoretically possible for an on-screen keyboard to not need raw device access?

I’ve been wanting a better on-screen keyboard for my TV gaming box. The Steam on-screen keyboard gets cut off at the edges of the screen when I run KDE at 1.25x DPI scale.

Is there any chance that this would work as a Flatpak? The machine I want to use this on runs Bazzite, though it’d be helpful for running it on other distros too.

I wish there were a Linux equivalent for what the Windows world had before Windows 7 went EOL, where you could have an older, stable base OS that was mostly forward-compatible with newer software.

You can sort of achieve this with Debian Stable and Flatpak, but it’s not as seamless as the forward compatibility old versions of Windows had.

Ubuntu 20.04 was the last good version. I wish it still got security updates, because I’d likely use it occasionally if it did.

IMO, Lutris was already an overrated pile of junk before genAI became popular. It tracks that they’re vibecoding it now.

Since you haven’t mentioned it, are there any specific games you’re running into issues with? If so, are these Steam/Proton games, Wine games, native titles, or emulated games?