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Steam Controller Mapping Merged To SDL Library

([Valve] 6 Hours Ago Steam Controller 2026)


A few days ago the widely-used SDL library [1]added support for the new Steam Controller without depending upon the Steam client . Now another improvement for the new Steam Controller has been merged to this widely-used library for cross-platform games/apps with software/hardware abstractions.

Overnight the Steam Controller (2026) mapping was merged to the Simple DirectMedia Layer so that all buttons are now properly mapped for the controller.

[2]This pull request opened on Friday and now merged to Git works through the Steam Controller mapping with the differences compared to the original Steam Controller.

It's now in [3]Git with continuing to improve the Steam Controller support for this important open-source library.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-Steam-Controller-2026

[2] https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/15601

[3] https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/15601/changes/d0b540fc7e0827992572ca8ac3281dc041560782


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