-McFly- Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) I'm not sure where to ask this, I'm guessing 'Features' might be the best place but I'm not sure. This isn't strictly a Launchbox thing but I'd like to use this alongside it... What I'm looking to do is create a 8 (or so) button touchpad program with 8 images / text button I can touch / click that will send a keyboard command, like "Esc" or "Alt F4" or "down arrow" or a combination of several. Ideally this would be placed on an old phone or tablet near my build that I can use for MAME or other emulators that only has the hotkeys that I want for that emulator, right beside me, without the use of a full keyboard or mouse OR hitting TAB or somesuch to open another gui mid-game... I'm thinking maybe an HTML webpage with shortcuts, or a 3rd party program where I can just build a menu / tab driven GUI where I can choose MAME or SEGA or whatever, then have the hotkeys I'd like for each emulator. My issue is that there are different hotkeys to minimize, maximize, exit, bring up the menu, etc etc etc within each emulator and I don't want to have notes or scraps of paper or stickers on my keyboard for everything I need. I want to streamline this and just have a phone or tablet set up with tabs or menus I can set for each emulator i need with my chosen hotkeys. Am I making sense? I'm happy if this is a 3rd / 4th windows screen on the tablet or phone, there's software to extend screens to android. I can easily have this set up to open software, websites or run videos or whatever, but just to press a key or combination of keys... I'm not having much luck so far. I was going to use 'Autorun Typhoon' but it doesn't allow single or multiple key-presses per click/button, only .exe's, videos and other programs. Maybe I'm overthinking this?? Hopefully you understand what I'm trying to achieve, otherwise I'm just another guy who's drunk on the internet. Edited October 1, 2021 by Mcfly. additions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Check out Roccat Power Grid or some of the possible alternatives here on alternativeto.net https://alternativeto.net/software/roccat--power-grid/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 If you're looking for dedicated hardware for this purpose you could also check out Elgato's Stream Deck or other similar products. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-McFly- Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 5:30 AM, C-Beats said: If you're looking for dedicated hardware for this purpose you could also check out Elgato's Stream Deck or other similar products. Done and done. This is exactly what I was looking for, even though I didn't know it. Thank you sir, I got one, and it's perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/10/2021 at 1:43 AM, Mcfly. said: Done and done. This is exactly what I was looking for, even though I didn't know it. Thank you sir, I got one, and it's perfect. Cool, I'm glad you found something that's working out for ya. I know we have a few users in the community with one of those (or something similar) and they all seem to enjoy them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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