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Steam Controller: Right Trackpad Deadzone Near ABXY Buttons Missing In-Game

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6844 · opened 2020-01-24 by ryester19 · updated 2022-04-15 · 2 comments · github
Rryester19 2020-01-24 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1/23/2020
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Quite awhile ago, there was an update for the Steam Controller that added a tiny outer deadzone to the right trackpad, only near the ABXY buttons, that helped prevent unwanted trackpad touches when using the ABXY face buttons. The deadzone appears to be working as intended when at the desktop, but upon entering any game, it doesn't work anymore.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Turn on Steam Controller
  2. When at the desktop and using the Desktop Configuration. The deadzone works as intended.
  3. When you start a game and use the Gamepad template (and probably other templates as well), there is no more deadzone. The slightest touch of the right trackpad near the ABXY buttons ends up registering.
Rryester19 2021-05-28 github

Any update on this? Still pissing me off to this day lol

Rryester19 2022-04-15 github

Any update? This is still an issue more than 2 years later

Nothing extracted yet.