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There is no way to reorder controllers without having a game open

steamopen Steam clientDistro Family: SteamOSGeneral controller / Steam Input
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10679 · opened 2024-03-27 by Managor · updated 2025-05-25 · 1 comments · github
MManagor 2024-03-27 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: 1711147596
  • SteamOS version: 3.5.17
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Opted into SteamOS beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Demonstrative video: https://youtu.be/FohY7vma5p8
Currently to reorder multiple controllers, you need to have a game open. Both the controller configurator and Steam settings should have a button visible to reorder them whenever multiple controllers are connected. This is also a double issue as you're not able to identify controllers as the functionality is tied to the reorder menu.
I previously reported this on the steam forums https://steamcommunity.com/groups/bigpicture/discussions/4/3802776070749606274/. I'm moving all of these to github because tracking them for myself is easier here.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Open the controller setting with two controllers connected

Result

There is no reorder controllers option

Expected

The reorder controllers option should be always visible

MManagor 2025-05-25 github

This is still not implemented and has been a pain point many times in the past year.

Nothing extracted yet.