Steam Deck

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why Nov 17, 2023 @ 3:25pm
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Trackpad Deadzone Customization and Removal
The trackpad's have intentional deadzones at the edge closest to the screen when used as a mouse or joystick. The left trackpad deazone is on the right while the right trackpad's deadzone is on the left. Here's a visualization of the deazones on the trackpads https://imgur.com/a/8QRxpOk. These deadzones are implemented to prevent your thumb from using that edge of the trackpad since it would bring it too close to the touchscreen possibly causing accidental inputs via touching the screen. There is no way to adjust or remove these deadzones. This feature makes it very difficult to play first person shooters using the the trackpad. Your movement and aiming will stop registering once your thumb reaches the deadzone. It seems to also be causing issues with the edge spin feature. If set to joystick turning in first person games movement becomes choppy when turning in the direction of the deadzone. If set to mouse in a first person game turning towards the deadzone turns at a much faster rate than any other direction. I'd like to see a slider be added that allows us to change the size of the trackpad touchzones. Sliding this purposed slider to the minimum value would completely disable the deadzones.

More discussion on the trackpad deadzones can be found below:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/1/3757726160336816075/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/0/3385031179209303379/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/11l45jq/anyone_elses_trackpad_edge_do_this_software_bug/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/xwiz1e/touchpad_edge_spin_issue/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/v5dbyu/left_edge_of_trackpad_not_working_in_game/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/162ogxm/is_it_normal_that_my_left_edge_of_the_touchpad_is/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/ter2ah/trackpad_issue/
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FildoDagggins Nov 20, 2023 @ 1:57pm 
Yes. The deadzone i stupid. Plizz let me remove it, the same way they lett us tinker with the deadzone on the thumb sticks!
Last edited by FildoDagggins; Nov 20, 2023 @ 9:51pm
MMoura Jan 11, 2024 @ 11:26pm 
Not everyone use these trackpads and there is not enough visibility of that problem from what i searched about so it will probably be ignored saddly
This would be great.

Channeling. . .
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