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Opening the controller configurator repeatedly causes repeated menu entries that you have to exit after you exit the game

steamclosed Steam clientoverlayGeneral controller / Steam Input
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10755 · opened 2024-03-23 by Managor · updated 2025-01-20 · 6 comments · github
MManagor 2024-03-23 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/jWoz2VgCO4Q
If I repeatedly open the controller configurator while a game is open, I must exit out of it as many times as I open the configurator while the game is open. I think I remember this being fixed in some very old patch, but it came back not long after. I've just put off reporting on it.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Open a game
  2. Open the controller configurator
  3. Press the STEAM button repeatedly so that the controller configurator opens and closes repeatedly
  4. Exit the game

Result

I must exit out of the configurator as many times as I opened it.

Expected

The configurator should not be open at all after closing the game.

MManagor 2024-03-24 github

There's a possibility that this is caused by the same thing as https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10253

MManagor 2024-04-03 github

@kisak-valve Can you move this to steam-for-linux as it's an issue with Steam UI?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2024-12-21 github

[General] - Dismissing the "Controller settings" with the Steam button breaks Steam navigation flow.

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11587.
@ZereoX posted on 2024-12-17T19:42:21:

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1733265492 (Stable) / 1734391190 (Beta)
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): SteamOS 3.6.20 / 3.7.0 (Deck) and Manjaro w/ Gnome 46 (Desktop)
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes. Issue is present on both Stable and Beta
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: AMD Van Gogh RDNA 2.0 (Steam Deck) and RX 7800XT (Desktop)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

If the Controller settings panel is opened while in-game and is dismissed using the Steam button, pressing Steam will no longer open the Steam menu. Pressing it will instead toggle visibility of the Controller settings panel until you dismiss it by pressing B twice. This will then return you to the active title at which point pressing Steam will allow you to open the Steam Menu again. Upon exiting the game however, the user will be prompted with the Controller settings however many times they had toggled it while in-game.

Video

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f9ed770d-6d12-4344-8bea-e6a23a50a70b

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Launch any title.
  2. Once in-game, press Steam.
  3. Highlight Controller settings and press A twice (this will open the controller layout and then the Controller settings).
  4. Press Steam to return to game.
  5. Press Steam to open the Steam Menu.

Reproduction Rate: 5/5

Affected Platforms

  • LCD / Jupiter: Yes
  • OLED / Galileo: Yes
  • Desktop Deck-like session (gamescope -e -- steam -gamepadui -steamdeck): Yes
  • Desktop: Yes, in Big Picture Mode

Actual result

  • Steam can no longer be used to open the Steam Menu and the user isn't returned to the expected page when exiting the title.

Expected result

  • Pressing Steam while on the Controller settings panel should simply re-open the Steam Menu. This would match the behaviour of other Steam Menu entry that take the user away from it (such as View game details and Recording Settings under Game Recording).

Notes

  • This can also be reproduce with an external controller by pressing the relevant Steam Menu button for that controller type.

@Managor commented on 2024-12-21T09:22:51:

A duplicate report can be found here #10755

MManagor 2025-01-15 github

Can confirm, this has been fixed in the latest beta.

ZZereoX 2025-01-15 github

I can also confirm this is fixed for me on the most recent Steam Beta from Jan 14th 2025 (1736906505).

MManagor 2025-01-20 github

Closing this as fixed in the 2025-01-14 beta update.

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