Steam Deck News

Steam Input

• Reworked the layout of the mode settings page to show more content
  
• Added upper grips as an option for mode shifts.
  
• Filtered Mode Shift button options to only show available buttons based on the controller type.
  
• Fixed chord activator options for XBox and XBox Elite controller types.
  
• Improved Layout Preview for Nintendo Switch Joycon Left/Right/Pair.
  
• Fixed Capture button icon not being displayed for Joycon Pair.
  
• Fixed the Switch Pro Layout Preview not showing the gyro.
  
• Nintendo Switch SL/SR buttons now show up as Bumpers for single Joycons or Grip buttons for a JoyCon Pair.
  
• Joycon individual/pair Gyro now displays and functions properly.
  

Deck Desktop

• Hide the cursor when in gamepad-navigation mode in Big Picture
  
• Fixed Big Picture Mode keyboard window not exiting when closed.
  
• Fixed an issue with detecting game windows on Linux
  

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 > Steam Update Channel.

General

• Fixed non-Steam apps becoming unresponsive to gamepad when onscreen keyboard is opened
  
• Fixed background images on a collection on the app details page not being clipped correctly
  
• Fixed issue where the Remove Collection dialog was not appearing
  

New Big Picture Mode

• Detect focus shifting away from the BPM window faster and reduce instances of navigation going to BPM after starting a game
  
• Fixed Steam mini window not closing when entering Big Picture Mode
  
• Fixed problem where setting certain library filters in Big Picture Mode could cause those games to become hidden when switching back to desktop.
  

Steam Input

• Handle errors better and fix some cases where configs would no longer load
  
• On larger screens combine the keyboard and numpad tabs of the choose binding screen
  
• Fixed some cases where some languages could have text overflow in choose binding screen
  
• Remember the last active tab in the choose binding screen and open to that instead always using the tab w/ the current binding value
  

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 > Steam Update Channel.

General

• Fixed opening onscreen keyboard in-game causing input to no longer go to game.
  
• Added up/down cursor keys to keyboard, press shift then left/right cursor to use.
  
• Added option to ignore Steam Rewards on Account page if they were registered by another user on the device.
  
• Added pinned notifications for new inventory items, trade offers, async game turns, moderator messages, offline chat messages, and help request replies.