Steam Deck

Steam Deck

christofin Jun 24, 2022 @ 5:17pm
Hotkey for internal microphone mute
Hello! Something very useful would be to have a hotkey to mute the internal microphone. This would be similar to:

-Steam + L1 magnifies the display
-Steam + R1 takes a screenshot
-Quick menu + left joystick changes display brightness, etc.

It would be great in Discord to not have to tab out of my game, pull up Discord, use the awkward touchpad interface to mute in Discord, tab back into game, then repeat to unmute.

Bonus if we got some sort of audio queue + UI pop-up, just like the screenshot hotkey.
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Prezidentas Jun 25, 2022 @ 3:01am 
Indeed, a mute toggle would be great
ALΞХ ッ Nov 14, 2022 @ 4:15pm 
Instead of going back into discord, I’ve just been bringing up the quick menu with the … button and sliding the mic all the way down, but I agree this would be better.
Last edited by ALΞХ ッ; Nov 14, 2022 @ 4:16pm
christofin Nov 15, 2022 @ 5:55am 
Originally posted by d( ' _ ' )b:
Instead of going back into discord, I’ve just been bringing up the quick menu with the … button and sliding the mic all the way down, but I agree this would be better.

Yeah I started using that workaround too.
Digestive Jan 15, 2023 @ 3:27pm 
I would like this too. Playing 'among us' you need to mute/unmute mic all the time.
There are various commands that you can map to a key in the controller profile config 'system' tab like volume up, volume down, close game etc. It would be great if mic on and mic off and/or mic toggle be added here too. This way we could map to the controller as we please.
Digestive Jan 15, 2023 @ 3:30pm 
> Yeah I started using that workaround too.

Having a toggle as well as a slider might be useful here too, where the toggle will mute/unmute but not actually change the mic level.
Similarly for output too TBH.
Pyden Jan 12, 2024 @ 5:59pm 
I'll add a vote to this. Just got my deck and having a way to mute by press of a button would be great.
jaden.lorenc Jan 30, 2024 @ 2:19pm 
Just add it to the system commands available in controller settings!
Grzybu May 18, 2024 @ 11:08am 
Originally posted by christofin:
Originally posted by d( ' _ ' )b:
Instead of going back into discord, I’ve just been bringing up the quick menu with the … button and sliding the mic all the way down, but I agree this would be better.

Yeah I started using that workaround too.
Slight quicker method is to highlight the mic volume and press X to mute and unmute it.
crazymonkey Nov 25, 2024 @ 8:46pm 
I also would love this for games that don't have a good "press to talk" system
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