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    Retropie Menu GUI remapping

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    • paffleyP
      paffley
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      Hi,

      I would just like to know if it is possible to remap the gui controls for the 'gamelist' only?

      Instead of pressing 'up' and 'down' on the joypad, I would like to press 'left' and 'right' instead to go through my game list.

      1- Is this possible?
      2- If 'Yes' please could you point me in the right direction (where about to change etc)

      Kind regards,
      Scott

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        dudleydes @paffley
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        @paffley You can edit the following lines in the file /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_input.cfg. These are for my PS3 controller.

        <input name="up" type="button" id="4" value="1"/>
        <input name="down" type="button" id="6" value="1"/>
        <input name="right" type="button" id="5" value="1"/>
        <input name="left" type="button" id="7" value="1"/>
        

        Swap the id values for up and down with left and right. Bear in mind, that if you do this, you will need to press up or down to change systems.

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        • paffleyP
          paffley
          last edited by

          Thanks dudleydes! :)

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            dudleydes @paffley
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            @paffley A quick word of warning about editing the es_input.cfg file. It's easy to screw things up here so that if there's a error in the file, ES won't launch. I recommend you make a copy of the current es_input.cfg file to your pc maybe so that if this happens, you can restore your working version and start again.

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            • paffleyP
              paffley
              last edited by

              That's great thank you! thanks for the info.

              I remapped the buttons and it worked fine but like you say, it kinda screws up the other settings for up,down,left,right....so....I've reverted back to up and down on the games list! thanks for the heads up tho, really appreciate it.

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