libretro / libretro/RetroArch

Button combo for virtual keyboard

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Description

Hello, there doesn't seem to be a way to map the virtual keyboard to behave like other hotkeys and be assigned two buttons pressed simultaneously like fast forward and other hotkeys. So virtual keyboard takes up a whole controller button on its own which gets in the way. Also it's not mappable in hotkeys, it's in quick menu instead so that's probably why. I think this should be moved to the hotkeys menu, then it would be possible to map to two buttons simultaneously instead of 1. Thank you

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Start by locating the virtual keyboard action and the code that places it in the quick menu, then compare that path with hotkey handling. Confirm how simultaneous button assignments are represented and test that the virtual keyboard can be triggered through the hotkeys menu without occupying a dedicated controller button.

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Tech stack
c
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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