Gamepad Handler

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Custom gamepad handler that improves the default system.

Gamepad Manager

The core component that manages all gamepad related events.

Default Panel Manager: The main component that manages the user interface. It is attached to the ‘Menu Manager’ by default.
Panel Managers: All main panel managers in your scene.
Keyboard Objects: These objects will be activated in any sense of the mouse/keyboard and deactivated in the sense of the gamepad.
Gamepad Objects: These objects will be activated in any sense of the gamepad and deactivated in the sense of the mouse.
Always Update: Input device will be updated in case of disconnecting/connecting.
Affect Cursor: Enable or disable cursor depending on the gamepad state.
Gamepad Hotkeys: These inputs affect the gamepad state switching.

API / Scripting

				
					using Michsky.UI.Dark; // namespace

public GamepadChecker gamepadManager;

void YourFunction()
{
   gamepadManager.alwaysUpdate = true; // Change the update state
   gamepadManager.gamepadConnected; // Get the gamepad conenction state
   gamepadManager.hAxis; // Get the right stick horizontal axis (0f - 1f)
   gamepadManager.vAxis; // Get the right stick vertical axis (0f - 1f)
}

Gamepad Scroll Event

There’s a component called ‘Gamepad Scroll Event’ in Dark UI. This component basically helps to handle gamepad scrolling for objects like slider, scrollbar, and horizontal selector.

Gamepad Manager: This is a required field.
Optimize Updates: This option will disable the component when it’s not selected.
Change Value: This value will be taken as the base multiplier for right stick scrolling (Change Value * Gamepad Axis).
Selector Cooldown: Add a cooldown to selector controls for a specific amount of time.