Poor buttons layout for playing 6-button games

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I see no way to customize button layout, which may be especially problematic in 
case of the horizontal full screen layout (where buttons are placed as 
transparent ones over the screen).

This is an issue in particular with 6-buttons games, where one of them is 
placed not near the other 5, but above the stick. Playing games like Street 
Fighter with such a button layout is next to impossible (at least, it's 
impossible to use that button in any useful way), cause you have to lift your 
left finger from the stick to press it.

As I said, being able to customize the layout would be the best thing, but at 
least having a second layout with all the buttons on the right side, or 
changing the existing one that way would be very very useful.

Mame4Droid 1.1.1 here.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by malha...@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2011 at 10:51

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i agree this. Button Layout customizable control must be next version or any 
screen lock button on off. after on we can move buttons whenever we want.

Original comment by cyra...@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2011 at 11:41

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A lot rework... But i think on it for future updates

Original comment by seleuco....@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2011 at 7:38

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This would be an excellent feature to add in! Even if it is just specifically 
targeted for street fighter type games.

Original comment by heng.ch...@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2011 at 5:38

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I have already added a full landscape custom layout.  Expect in next version. 

Original comment by seleuco....@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2011 at 7:01

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Excellent! :) ..If it'll be possible to position each button, then icing on the 
cake would be been able to have a different customization for each game: that 
would help a lot, as different fighting games in particular have different set 
ups, and currently I've found key customization through the DIP switches to be 
a total nightmare.

Original comment by malha...@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2011 at 8:11

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Yes. You can position each button but globally.  Customization per game, not 
planed by now. Maybe in a future update. 

Original comment by seleuco....@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2011 at 2:15

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Good job.

Original comment by cyra...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2011 at 8:45

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Well done :)

I've also realized how to better use the DIP switches to customize buttons for 
each games (from the Coin+Start menu I need to first press 'A' and THEN press 
the button I want to assign a specific key). Using DIP swiches configuration I 
think that single games configurations are not so needed, even if they could 
still be nice in the later future.

By the way, I don't know if it's related, but I've noticed that in portrait 
(not landscape) view, the coin button has a big dead area and I find pressing 
it quite difficult now.

Original comment by malha...@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2011 at 9:21

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After some configuration, I could suggest some minor improvements:

- It took me quite a bit to place the buttons EXACTLY where I wanted to, since 
micro-movements to the pixel are quite hard with the touchscreen: is it 
possible to reduce the sensitivity?

- The "L" button is not centered in its box the same way other buttons are. 
This makes using the boxes are reference points a bit difficult

- A non-black (blue?) background would be better during configuration, since it 
makes clearer where the actual display finishes and where the screen border 
starts. I had to wait and see where the button starts to "disappear" to 
understand that

Besides that, now I can finally play SF2 the way it's meant to be :)

Original comment by malha...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2011 at 8:55

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There is anyway to add more customizable buttons like A+B+X and Y+L+R for games 
like capcom vs marvel and others... It seems very hard to have two or more 
buttons pressed at same time at touch screen controler.

Original comment by ckgb...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2015 at 2:17