Desktop-Controller

Control your desktop with a controller.

The way it work

This program allows you to control the mouse using the left pad of your controller and scroll with the right pad. Once connected, it exclusively receives events from the controller, preventing other applications from doing so. You can easily release the controller to stop controlling the mouse and switch to gaming with a simple button press.

Default button mappings

• HOME: grab/ungrab the controller
• L: slow down mouse speed
• A: left click
• RPAD: middle click
• Y: right click
• B: Escape
• X: XF86AudioPlay
• R: Super+q
• LEFT: Super+Control+h
• RIGHT: Super+Control+l
• UP: Super+f
• PLUS: XF86AudioRaiseVolume
• MINUS: XF86AudioLowerVolume
• ZL: Shift
• ZR: Control
• LPAD: Super+d

You can change these mappings in config.h. You may also need to change the buttons code for your controller in controller.c.

Usage

usage: desktop-controller [-h] [-v] [-l] [CONTROLLER]

Control your desktop with a controller.

positional arguments:
    CONTROLLER            the path to the controller to use (example: /dev/input/event20)

options:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
    -l, --list            list all available controllers and exit

Build

make

Create an optimized production build by running the following command:

make BUILD_MODE=release

Warning

If you build and then you build with BUILD_MODE=release, you must force make to rebuild everything by adding -B.