Keyboard Buttons Recognized in ES, but not in RetroArch

[selerdor]

I have a Pi3 B running RetroPIe 4.1 and a PS3 controller which works perfectly in EmulationStation and RetorArch. I also have a mini wireless keyboard which works in ES, but not too well in RetroArch. Every key and button is recognized by the ES configuration, including the extra media buttons which make-up the left "d-pad." However, the RetroArch GUI will not recognize these extra buttons, only the standard keyboard keys. The keyboard works for navigating the GUI, but isn't recognized in the Input menu; it shows up as N/A whereas the PS3 controller is named. I ran jstest on all ports to get the key IDs, but the device wasn't found. I've also tried copying the key IDs listed in \configs\all\emulationstation\es_input.cfg over to \configs\all\retroarch.cfg as well. This keyboard would be amazing if I could just get these buttons to work in emulators. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[edmaul69]

@selerdor some emulators like coolcv (colecovision emulator) recognize them but retroarch does not. this is all it supports:

 # Keyboard input. Will recognize letters ("a" to "z") and the following special keys (where "kp_"
# is for keypad keys):
#
#   left, right, up, down, enter, kp_enter, tab, insert, del, end, home,
#   rshift, shift, ctrl, alt, space, escape, add, subtract, kp_plus, kp_minus,
#   f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f9, f10, f11, f12,
#   num0, num1, num2, num3, num4, num5, num6, num7, num8, num9, pageup, pagedown,
#   keypad0, keypad1, keypad2, keypad3, keypad4, keypad5, keypad6, keypad7, keypad8, keypad9,
#   period, capslock, numlock, backspace, multiply, divide, print_screen, scroll_lock,
#   tilde, backquote, pause, quote, comma, minus, slash, semicolon, equals, leftbracket,
#   backslash, rightbracket, kp_period, kp_equals, rctrl, ralt

[selerdor]

That's unfortunate.

Does anyone know any workarounds such as using the device as a controller rather than keyboard? Or mapping the keys to a virtual controller?