Switch Pro Controller Home Button light stuck on after disconnecting

[NotQuiteApex]

Just using the latest Steam Client Beta, mainly so I could use the new Switch Controller support. Everything worked fine except the home button light was kept on, even after disconnecting. It went off after powercycling the controller (tapping the sync button), but it will come back on after reconnecting the controller to my PC. The light will not go off until it is powercycled, and will remain on even if reconnected to the PC or connected to a Nintendo Switch.

If I had to guess, Steam is initializing a connection to the controller with some flag that triggers the light to turn on, and either forgets to turn this flag off or the flag wasn't meant to be on in the first place.

[Tyler]

I am also having this issue.
I know the blue light is intended to be on, but after disconnecting it stays on for over 5 minutes (I'm also assuming that it never goes off) and the controller has to manually be powered off.

Maybe it is on Nintendo's end and not Steam's since it occurs after it has been disconnected?

[NotQuiteApex]

Originally posted by Tyler:

I am also having this issue.
I know the blue light is intended to be on, but after disconnecting it stays on for over 5 minutes (I'm also assuming that it never goes off) and the controller has to manually be powered off.

Maybe it is on Nintendo's end and not Steam's since it occurs after it has been disconnected?

I've found that there's a setting for controlling the light brightness in Big Picture Mode. It should be in the general controller settings, in a sub-menu for the Switch Pro Controller. Hope this helps!

[Hanesor]

I had the same problem, and i found out pressing the sync button on the pro controller made the home button light turn off

[Scraim]

Originally posted by Hanesor:

I had the same problem, and i found out pressing the sync button on the pro controller made the home button light turn off

it also worked for me

[Detroit Smash]

Sync button worked, thanks!

[Freshie51]

Perfect, thanks for the sync button fix!

[Darzok]

Using the sync button works but has the slight inconvenience that you need to re-sync the controller to your Switch next time you wanna use it

So just in case, another option is available on Steam > Settings > Controller ; if your controller is connected an "Advanced" settings button will be in the list, and in the next screen you'll have the option to lower the LED brightness down to 0