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Steam Deck Beta Client Update: May 5th

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.

Steam Deck Desktop


    General
    • Fixed big black rectangle sometimes showing up in small mode at start time.
    • Fixed context menus sometimes getting squashed in small mode.


    Steam Input
    • Fix Right Trackpad Click in the controller binding listening page being bound to Left Stick Click.
    • Improved digital navigation in GamePad Action Binding Tab when selecting LED Color Action.


    Linux
    • Steam will now use the system's global scale factor as configured in KDE/Gnome settings. Specifically org.gnome.desktop.interface/text-scaling-factor.
    • Re-introduced GDK_SCALE as a fallback mechanism to compute the window scaling factor.
    • Added a commandline switch to override the window scaling factor: "-forcedesktopscaling ".