For example, when remapping one of the Steam controllers touchpads to function as a mouse, youll be able to adjust the sensitivity of the mouse and even the intensity of the haptic feedback the touchpad provides.

This support was added in the January 18, 2017 build of Steam.

Click Steam Check for Steam Client Updates in Steam to get the latest version if you dont already have it.

However, Steam Controllers and DualShock 4 controllers have one distinct advantage: if you use multiple Steam controllers or DualShock 4 controllers on the same PC, you can give them different button mappings.

This isnt true for Xbox 360, Xbox One controllers and other generic controllersyou have to give all those controllers the same mapping on any given PC.

But, if youre playing a multiplayer game with multiple people on the same PC, every player cant have their own button settings unless youre using Steam or PlayStation 4 controllers.

So, when you adjust the button remapping settings for one Xinput controller, youre adjusting them for all Xinput controllers on the system.

You can still use different mappings for each game, you just cant use different mappings for different controllers.

Valve assumes that, if you want to use a controller, youll use the TV-style full-screen interface.

To access it, just click the controller-shaped Big Picture Mode icon at the top right corner of the Steam window.

Youll have to enable configuration support for other types of controllers if you want to tweak them.

You just wont be able to configure the controller and remap its buttons.

If you dont see a controller here, it isnt connected properly.

Youll need to reconnect the controller before the configuration options appear.

This name will appear in Steams interface to uniquely identify the controller.

Whatever type of controller you have, you can use this interface to link the controllers buttons to different mouse and keyboard events.

For example, you could configure the Steam Controllers touchpad or the joystick on another type of gamepad to function as a mouse, allowing you to use your controller in a game that was never designed to support controllers.

For example, different configurations are available for the Steam Controller than the Xbox 360 controller.

These types of controllers have different buttons and features, so configurations cant be transferred between them.

For example, if you wanted to remap the Y button on an Xbox controller, youd select the pane with the Y button at the bottom right corner of the screen.

For example, you could make the four buttons on the Xbox 360 controller function as a joystick, scroll wheel, or mouse.

But, if you just wanted to change what the Y button does, youd just select the Y button here.

In the screenshot below, weve set the Y button to function as the E key in this game.

You can set different button-remapping settings for different games.

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