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big picture's new steam chat, double click doesn't open chat

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5887 · opened 2018-11-09 by LiamDawe · updated 2021-04-02 · 2 comments · github
LLiamDawe 2018-11-09 github

Testing on Ubuntu 18.10, I just updated to get the new Steam Chat in Big Picture Mode. Testing with the Steam Controller.

Going by the news, it says:

Right Trigger: Click/double click at cursor

That only seems to work for single click. I can't, for example, double click with the right trigger on someone to open a chat (what would make the most sense). The only choice is to move the cursor to the tiny menu on each person, to then open a chat. Doesn't work well like that.

UPDATE

Okay, figured it out. It's not actually setting us to the new Big Picture Mode settings. I didn't have a custom config for Big Picture at all.

Once I went into the config, reselected the official binds and applied it - it mostly works.

So looks like it's not correctly changing your bindings if you're already on the official big picture mode keybinds.

Even then though, the D-pad doesn't work correctly. You can't seem to do a long press "Long press of joystick/D-pad press:" as it describes. As it seems to always close/open the friends list as if you're clicking Left on it.

Additionally, testing with a Logitech F310 the new chat is basically unusable. Move over someone, right trigger to open chat -> leaves Steam Chat. Triggers and D-pad don't work correctly at all.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-04-02 github

Hello @LiamDawe, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system? It sounds like a transitional config issue from 2018.

LLiamDawe 2021-04-02 github

Hi, triggers seem to work fine now to open chats.

Nothing extracted yet.