Help and "Toggle metadata" is unreliable if the select button is also the controller hotkey

Is there an existing issue for this?

• This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
• I have searched the existing issues

Description

When using my steamdeck controller buttons to navigate the retroarch ui the "Select" button does not work reliably to display "Help" in the settings pages, or to "Toggle metadata" in playlists.

By default this button is my controller hotkey. If I select a different hotkey then the select button works reliably in the retroarch UI.

Expected behavior

I expect the button to work reliably in each context for displaying option help or opening the stated UI.

Steps to reproduce the bug

• Open retroarch
• Use the controller to sellect the Main Menu > Load Core option
• Press the "Select" button for "Help"

Or

• Configure primary and secondary thumbnails to display in playlists
• Navigate to a playlist entry that has two thumbnails
• Press the "Select" controller button to replace the secondary thumbnail with the rom metadata

Usually nothing happens if I press the button once. If I press the controller button [very rapidly or once very quickly] sometimes the selected function does work.

Version/Commit

1.22.0 eb75997cbb

Bisect Results

This worked correctly in the previous flatpak 1.21

Present in the nightly version

I don't know

Platform & operating system

SteamOS 3.7.17

Affected Cores

not applicable

Environment information

SteamDeck LCD in Game mode or Desktop mode

Relevant log output

Start by reproducing the SteamDeck controller behavior through Main Menu > Load Core > Help and the playlist "Toggle metadata" action, with Select configured as the controller hotkey. Trace how the frontend handles the Select input in each context and compare it with RetroArch 1.21; done means both actions respond reliably without changing the hotkey.