How to change gamepad config for on-screen keyboard?

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I'm used to the Steam Controller's on-screen keyboard button bindings. L1 is backspace, R1 is space, the left back flapper thing is shift, the right is the character map, and that kind of thing.

How do I change these bindings for the Steam Deck?

[OGNocturnal]

This is how i did it, there might be a faster way :
Switch to desktop.
Open steam in big picture.
Open settings at the top.
Under controller choose base configurations.
Open Big Picture configuration.
Use the 4th tab across for the On Screen Keyboard bindings.

[🐭]

Originally posted by Brother Bedlam:

This is how i did it, there might be a faster way :
Switch to desktop.
Open steam in big picture.
Open settings at the top.
Under controller choose base configurations.
Open Big Picture configuration.
Use the 4th tab across for the On Screen Keyboard bindings.

Well I tried that and all of the settings there are exactly what I want. But when the keyboard is open, that's not how the gamepad works.

[OGNocturnal]

Huh. Have you saved them as a new template/layout by exporting?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2804823261

[ugafan]

Originally posted by 🐭:

How do I change these bindings for the Steam Deck?

It's a separate configuration than the Big Picture Mode configuration and Valve has not given us the option to modify it. So you won't be able to change the on screen keyboard settings until they allow us access to that configuration.

[OGNocturnal]

Originally posted by ugafan:

Originally posted by 🐭:

How do I change these bindings for the Steam Deck?

It's a separate configuration than the Big Picture Mode configuration and Valve has not given us the option to modify it. So you won't be able to change the on screen keyboard settings until they allow us access to that configuration.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/2/5135803832902565333/

Now i'm confused as well.

[ugafan]

What are you confused about?

[ugafan]

I'll try to explain it another way. When you open Big Picture Mode, there are three base configurations - desktop, big picture, and steam button chord. You can make changes to and save the desktop configuration only. For the other two base configurations, changes will not save.

You will find the On Screen Keyboard bindings in the Big Picture configuration. But these settings only apply to big picture mode. For example, let's say you are editing a configuration in big picture mode and you want to name an action layer. The on screen keyboard will work according the the Big Picture configuration... Left Bumper to go back and Right Bumper for space, etc.

The problem is, there is another configuration, one for the Steam Deck UI. It's separate from the base configurations. You do not have access to edit this configuration. The settings for the new keyboard layout are here, but you can't see them or make changes to them until Valve gives us this option.

So even if you are in desktop mode, if you are using the new on screen keyboard, you will not be able to change the keyboard settings unless Valve lets us.

[OGNocturnal]

Originally posted by ugafan:

You can make changes to and save the desktop configuration only. For the other two base configurations, changes will not save.

O well, it looks like the config from the pc to the deck is the only workaround which is maybe how i managed it, that was a few months ago now.