[Steam Input] Button Chord configuration ignores disabled Xbox Configuration Support

[Aemony]

ISSUE
Steam acts upon the Steam Button Chord configuration whenever you hold down a controller button and press the Xbox Guide Button on the controller.

It does this despite the following:
* Xbox Configuration Support is disabled.
* Guide Button Focuses Steam is disabled.
* Xbox Controller have been deregistered from my Steam account.
* Multiple restarts of the Steam Client.
* Upgrade to Beta/Downgrade to Stable.
* Steam does not have focus.

CONTROLLER
Xbox One Wireless Controller (regular wireless, aka non-Bluetooth)

OS
Windows 10 Version 1703 (OS Build 15063.540)

STEPS

1. Disable "Open Game Bar using this button on a controller: [GUIDE]" in Windows 10.
   
2. Hold down the Guide Button on the controller.
   
3. Move the right analog stick around to move the mouse around. Or press LB to right click, RB to left click, right stick UP to send Volume Up or right stick DOWN to send Volume Down.

RESULTS
My mouse moves around and I can interact and send keyboard and mouse commands using my Xbox Controller.

EXPECTED
Nothing should happen at all! I've disabled all of those things in Steam and Big Picture Mode so Steam should leave my controller alone!

WORKAROUND
Enabling Open Game bar using this button on a controller: [GUIDE] prevents this from happening.

[Aemony]

Basically nothing have changed after these last three years:

* Steam Input still ignores the state of 'Xbox Configuration Support' in the Steam client when it comes to the Chord configuration -- The Chord configuration is always enabled regardless of the user's own preferences.

* It doesn't make sense to have the Chord configuration be always enabled since, as mentioned, it's a built-in feature of the Xbox controller to turn itself off after the Guide button is held down for a couple of seconds.

A few years ago I grew so annoyed and frustrated at Valve's lack of fixing this issue and respect users' choice that I instead rebound the whole Chord configuration to not do a thing when used:

https://images.aemony.se/sharex/steam_2021-01-10_21-16-57.png

So even if I forget to disable the "Open Xbox Game Bar using the Guide button" setting in Windows 10, I am safe in the knowledge that Steam doesn't mess with my input.

On another note, I saw that Valve added a new custom driver for the Xbox controller to enable "enhanced support" during these last months. Hah, no way am I going to install that one until Valve learns to play nice when it comes to Steam Input and how it messes with users' controllers.

On a third note, the new game properties UI has built-in overview of Steam Input controller support for a title, and whether devs force the feature on for a specific type of controllers, etc. That change is welcomed, as users now doesn't need to test or refer to SteamDB to know when devs are screwing them over

Aemony の投稿を引用：

I expect Valve will eventually solve this bug. Going by their track record, I expect an official fix to arrive sometime in the next 3-8 years.

*looks at calendar*

Yup, we're on schedule. If we're lucky we might get a fix during Autumn of 2021 at the earliest.

civicsarecool の投稿を引用：

For the Xbox controller, it seems like holding the Xbox button to turn the controller off is a feature of the controller itself and cannot be changed. If holding the Xbox button to turn off the controller could be changed to turn off the controller with a different combo of buttons (perhaps Xbox button + Right Trigger + Left Trigger for 5 seconds) or could be disabled all-together, the Chord configuration would be more useful in Desktop mode.

Yeah, it's a built-in feature. The DualShock 4 makes use of Guide (or their equivalent) + Y combination. The Steam Controller also makes use of the Guide+Y combination. The Xbox behavior is the odd one out. In fact, the Xbox 360 wireless controller didn't even have a built-in way of turning it off on PCs! You had to physically disconnect the battery to turn those off, or use a third-party application that sent the appropriate 'power off' signal to the controller.

That said, this thread though is more about Steam Input's lack of disabling the use of the chord button more than it is about the controller's lack of customizing the power off gesture 🙃

[Hayai Cranki]

I've shared a configuration cleaning all the steam chord functions on Big Picture and Desktop, it obviosly doesn't disable the intended function but it works as a temporary solution to avoid KBM inputs. I'm looking for a permanent solution for this aswell.

steam://controllerconfig/443510/2502863391

[Noctem]

JackHoliday の投稿を引用：

Guys try this:
Steam settings -> Controller -> Guide Button Chord Configuration -> Browse Configs and apply "Gamepad" config from "Templates" menu.

You sir, are a legend.