When gaming on a PC with a Xbox, Xbox Elite, or PS4 controller, a virtual keyboard opens when pressing the left stick!
A virtual keyboard that pops up when clicking the left stick on an Xbox controller (or even a Playstation Controller), is specifically related to a Steam App gaming feature called "Big Picture Mode". Somehow this feature can get triggered outside of Steam if it just happens to be running in the background, and it can affect other controllers/games as well.
Here is how to fix the issue!
- Go into "Settings" in the Steam App
- Click on "Controller" near the bottom
- Next, you want to click on, and open, "Desktop Configuration" settings
- When the settings window opens, you will see the left stick has the "Show Keyboard" setting mapped to it
- Click where it says "Show Keyboard" in the Left Thumbstick mappings list
- At the bottom of the mapping window that opens up, click where it says "Remove"
- Then close the "Desktop Configuration" settings window
- Close out of settings all together
- That should remove the problem permanently for you!
Jon Pienkowski
Pacific Northwest Computers
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