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WhiteMagic / JoystickGremlin

A tool for configuring and managing joystick devices.
http://whitemagic.github.io/JoystickGremlin/
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Dynamic display mode (configuration view) switching based on active mode #501

Open Starfiretbt opened 12 months ago

Starfiretbt commented 12 months ago

I'm told there isn't a way to switch mode screens in Joystick Gremlin automatically, I was hoping that could be fixed. For example I have a button assigned to my joystick to switch modes and it works but the screen remains on what mode it was originally and needs to be manually switched to the next mode. It would be nice if the screen will switch to the mode that is active and not remain on the mode that isn't

WhiteMagic commented 12 months ago

While technically one could implement such a feature, I personally don't foresee implementing this anytime soon. It's also not quite clear what such a feature would accomplish. The UI display is intended for configuration purposes and thus doesn't interact with what Gremlin does when active. If this ever gets added, it will be quite a while after R14 an additions to it are done.

Starfiretbt commented 12 months ago

The reason is sometimes I like to look at the UI to remind myself what buttons do what on my joystick, it's also easier to see what mode my joystick is in than looking at that little writing in the bottom left of the UI. Obviously this is only useful for games in window mode, but since I play older games with older resolutions that works for me. I just thought it would be an easy addition to the program.

WhiteMagic commented 12 months ago

The Tools-> PDF Cheatsheet option was created for that purpose. It takes the profile and generates a PDF showing the inputs and the descriptions associated with them. It won't show the actual actions, but neither would swapping the shown profile.

Implementing this would be relatively easy, but it won't happen in R13 as I'm no longer making changes to that version.