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Can't add a game (steam gift in inventory) to my library from big picture.

steamopen Big Picturereviewed
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4254 · opened 2016-01-14 by ArnaudAndre · updated 2025-05-26 · 1 comments · github
AArnaudAndre 2016-01-14 github

Steam is put in big picture mode. Then going to my profile > "View Inventory" > "Steam". I see the games I "bought as a gift" then chose to keep in my inventory. Clicking a specific game brings up a view with the game "cover", description and 3 options.

  • "View in Store" works as expected.
  • "Send Gift..." opens a view that is not big picture specific. The webpage is the same as when using this option in desktop mode of steam or a web browser. I haven't tried actually sending a game this way.
  • "Add to my library..." doesn't do anything. Clicking it does play the little wet sound from clicking a button. But nothing else seems to happen.

I've tried with different games too. All having official support for SteamOS. (although I don't think that would matter ?)

I am opted into the "Steam Beta Update" in steam settings.

OS is mageia 5 with xfce desktop. complete specs

Bug may not actually be linux specific but I don't have a windows install that can run big picture.

that button does nothing
no idea where the black bars in the left/right are coming from. They don't show up in steam, only in the screenshot.

MManagor 2025-05-26 github

This is probably working with the new Big Picture Mode. I don't have a game key to verify though.

Nothing extracted yet.