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How do I disable the "home" button on a game controller in macOS?

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My 8bitdo SN30 has a "home" button on the lower right hand side. I only ever hit this button by accident when gaming on my mac, and it opens some weird sub-folder of the never-used Launchpad app, and I can then navigate the UI to open apps that the mac thinks is a "game". Functionally what this means is that it is a shortcut to launch "Chess" randomly in the middle of other games. an arrow pointing to the button Note: I do **not** want to remap any other controller buttons. Key remapping apps like Karabiner Elements seem to mess up the controller and make it think it's a mouse or a keyboard and require a ton of reworking to make it even marginally functional in games, and even then the game menus will show the keyboard keys it's mapped to rather than actual controller instructions. I just want to disable the Home button and leave everything else the same. Also, [this answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/440487/ds4-controller-triggers-macos-actions) is no longer relevant on Ventura; the home button remap was removed from System Settings, although I can still remap the Share button. Is it possible to totally stop this button from being recognized or performing any action by macOS?
Asked by Glyph (1828 rep)
Apr 16, 2023, 05:12 PM
Last activity: May 30, 2024, 07:56 PM