DS4 permanent trackpad mouse binding

[Rosso]

I paired a Dualshock 4 controller over bluetooth, but it has a permanent binding to map the trackpad to the mouse and leftclick that I can't get rid of, and it's messing with my games.

I have no such binding set up in the game config, and yet the binding is constantly present.
Even if I'm in desktop mode and disable configuration support for DS4, I'm still stuck with trackpad mouse.

[cambot11]

It's an unfortunate consequence of how Linux has the touchpad as a separate device and uses it as a touchpad/mouse type input

[ugafan]

You have a left pad and a right pad.

But there is also a unified pad. Did you swap to unified pad and disable mouse there?

[Rosso]

Originally posted by cambot11:

It's an unfortunate consequence of how Linux has the touchpad as a separate device and uses it as a touchpad/mouse type input

Well, can I disable this separate mouse device and just use steaminput to give it mouse input instead?
EDIT: Yes I can. System Settings > input Devices > Touchpad > uncheck "Device Enabled"
Thanks for the hint about the separate device.

Originally posted by ugafan:

You have a left pad and a right pad.

But there is also a unified pad. Did you swap to unified pad and disable mouse there?

Yes, the center pad is also not bound to anything in any of my configs.

[pocketjoe]

Is there a way to do this so it also works in gaming mode?

[saiyuinukenshin]

I really hope they come up with a fix. I've lost hours of progress in multiple games because I can't back out of the track pad usage at all in certain games so I just have to reset my entire steam deck

[fmf.sony]

Originally posted by saiyuinukenshin:

I really hope they come up with a fix. I've lost hours of progress in multiple games because I can't back out of the track pad usage at all in certain games so I just have to reset my entire steam deck

Hi,

I just purchased a dual shock 4 and I am facing the issues you guys are discussing.
I am a bit concerned about why you had to reset the steam deck
Can you please elaborate?
If this is going to be an issue later on, I rather return the DS4 I purchased in target and buy and xbox controller
So can you please explain why you had to factory reset?

Thanks.

[Leprotto]

I fear the only workaround, for now, would be to unbind the left mouse button in game.

[Rosso]

If you're playing with an external controller, like the DS4, you probably have the Deck docked; yeah?

Just use Desktop mode, go into the desktop system settings and disable the trackpad mouse, then use big picture mode from the Steam app.

System Settings > input Devices > Touchpad > uncheck "Device Enabled"
That's what I did as soon as I made my discovery in post#3.

It's a sensible workaround. Until Valve can go in and disable it by default.

[fmf.sony]

Originally posted by Rossa:

If you're playing with an external controller, like the DS4, you probably have the Deck docked; yeah?

Just use Desktop mode, go into the desktop system settings and disable the trackpad mouse, then use big picture mode from the Steam app.

System Settings > input Devices > Touchpad > uncheck "Device Enabled"
That's what I did as soon as I made my discovery in post#3.

It's a sensible workaround. Until Valve can go in and disable it by default.

Thanks for sharing...
I've been using the xbox controller, but will give this a try later today

[Wolfenburg]

I fixed this exact issue on my Dual Sense 5 by updating the firmware on the controller.

[Moose]

I'm noticing the same thing on my old DS4 controllers. They have never been plugged into a PS4 by me so I wonder if a firmware update could fix those too.