Keysticks lets you use your game controller for much more than just games. This free little tool allows you to surf the web, play games, and control your media players on your computer. It’s a comfortable alternative to the keyboard and mouse.
Especially for games that do not natively support game controllers, Keysticks is a must-have solution. Suppose you’re tired of hammering the WASD (or other) keys in your favorite games or moving the mouse over the table. Why not ditch the keyboard and/or mouse and play using your gamepad?
Use Keysticks for gaming
As mentioned above, you can use Keysticks to play computer games with a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. And you can use the virtual keyboard to chat in-game using your controller.
You can easily create and customize Keysticks controls using the Profile Designer. It has ready-made templates for mapping your game controller to the keyboard/mouse controls your game uses and adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still open.
Other use cases for Keysticks
Play music and browse wirelessly
Using Keysticks with a wireless game controller means you don’t need to sit by your computer. You can control your music player wirelessly. It means that you can launch your media player, skip tracks or change the volume without using the keyboard or mouse. You can also connect your computer to your TV and browse the web wirelessly using your controller.
Control PowerPoint wirelessly
With Keysticks, you can use a wireless Xbox 360 controller as a slide changer for Microsoft PowerPoint. It helps you present slides smoothly without referring back to your laptop.
For comfortable computing
Keysticks lets you use a comfortable controller instead of the mouse and keyboard. If you find clicking a mouse difficult, squeezing a controller trigger might be a good alternative. If you need to stay away from the keyboard, you might try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for controlling Windows and an on-screen virtual keyboard with word prediction. It’s designed to make computing more comfortable.
