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default trackpad behavior while in gaming mode, but not in a game (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by technomad@slrpnk.net to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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I'm having some trouble finding an answer for this. While in the gaming mode, just navigating the regular steam ui, the default behavior of the left trackpad acts as a redundant directional pad. I'd like that trackpad to control the screen navigation behavior instead (swipe up/down to scroll vertically, swipe left/right to scroll horizontally).

Is there an easy way to do this?

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[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure you understood me. I want to configure what the trackpad does while not in a game.

For example, when navigating the steam store page I'd like to be able to use the left trackpad to scroll the page by swiping on the trackpad. With the default controls, it will only allow the left trackpad to be used like a d-pad, and the right trackpad appears to do nothing at all.

There doesn't seem to be any way to customize this behavior. The customizations are either per game (when the game is actually running) or in desktop mode.