Say what you need about console gaming, however there are some issues it does proper. One of these issues is making utilizing a controller handy. Well, now it appears to be like like Microsoft is making strikes to assist controller gaming on PC a little bit extra handy by rolling out a digital keyboard format designed particularly for controllers.
In a weblog replace for Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4145 (through The Verge), Microsoft says, “We’re starting to roll out a brand new Gamepad keyboard format for the on-screen keyboard in Windows 11 that helps the flexibility to make use of your Xbox controller to navigate and sort.
“This consists of button accelerators (instance: X button for backspace, Y button for spacebar) moreover the keyboard keys have been vertically aligned for higher controller navigation patterns.”
In different phrases, a digital keyboard that is truly usable with a controller. Such a function has been the envy of sofa PC players for fairly some time. Consoles already do the entire “controller keyboard factor” simply superb, so why cannot Windows?
Of course, such a function will not be too helpful for PC players who sit at their desk to play with a controller—far simpler to lean ahead and use an precise keyboard when vital. But for these gaming on the sofa, this factor might be fairly helpful.
I can not assist however apply this to my very own use case of late. Ever since I received my fingers on the Avermedia X’tra Go GC515 seize dock, I’ve been doing loads of gaming on the Lenovo Legion Go whereas sitting again on the sofa, operating the show via to my TV.Â
Yes, the dock makes it simple to attach a keyboard, however given I’m not typing on a regular basis whereas gaming, correct controller assist for the Windows digital keyboard may be extra handy than operating a keyboard cable midway throughout the room.
Heck, I’d even discover the brand new digital keyboard preferable to taking my fingers off the controller and utilizing the hand-held’s touchscreen, for fast keyboard enter, at the least. Here’s hoping the function works effectively and makes it right into a steady launch.
