CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for

DOWNLOAD KEYSTICKS

Download Keysticks. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0. To download the latest version of Keysticks, click the Download button on the right. When the installer program has finished downloading, run it and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Keysticks uses the SlimDX Runtime,

so the

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for USE KEYSTICKS FOR GAMING You can easily create and customise 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 for adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still

open. Check

GETTING STARTED WITH KEYSTICKS Starting Keysticks. You can start Keysticks by double-clicking the icon on your desktop, or by clicking Start and selecting All Programs - Keysticks. When you run Keysticks for the first time, it will load some sample controls (profile P01) to get you started. PLAY MINECRAFT ON PC WITH A GAMEPAD You can use these sample Keysticks controls to play Minecraft on your PC using a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. We're not affliated with the folks that created Minecraft or anything, we just think it's a great game so we created these custom controls for it. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display. USING KEYSTICKS CONTROLS Using Keysticks controls. Let's take a look at the "P01 - Standard keyboard" sample profile. When you select the profile in the Profile Browser window and click "Preview", you'll see that the profile has two main "controls sets": Normal and Keyboard.

TYPES OF ACTION

Types of action. These are the types of action that you can assign to your controller's controls in the "Edit actions" window. Many of the action types also have ready-made templates that you can apply using the Quick-edit menu in the Profile Designer. DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for

DOWNLOAD KEYSTICKS

Download Keysticks. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0. To download the latest version of Keysticks, click the Download button on the right. When the installer program has finished downloading, run it and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Keysticks uses the SlimDX Runtime,

so the

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for USE KEYSTICKS FOR GAMING You can easily create and customise 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 for adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still

open. Check

GETTING STARTED WITH KEYSTICKS Starting Keysticks. You can start Keysticks by double-clicking the icon on your desktop, or by clicking Start and selecting All Programs - Keysticks. When you run Keysticks for the first time, it will load some sample controls (profile P01) to get you started. PLAY MINECRAFT ON PC WITH A GAMEPAD You can use these sample Keysticks controls to play Minecraft on your PC using a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. We're not affliated with the folks that created Minecraft or anything, we just think it's a great game so we created these custom controls for it. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display. USING KEYSTICKS CONTROLS Using Keysticks controls. Let's take a look at the "P01 - Standard keyboard" sample profile. When you select the profile in the Profile Browser window and click "Preview", you'll see that the profile has two main "controls sets": Normal and Keyboard.

TYPES OF ACTION

Types of action. These are the types of action that you can assign to your controller's controls in the "Edit actions" window. Many of the action types also have ready-made templates that you can apply using the Quick-edit menu in the Profile Designer. DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for WHAT'S NEW IN KEYSTICKS Keysticks v1.4 - October 2012. This version introduced "action strips", new menu buttons, and lots of usability improvements. Action strips: single-row keyboards for entering numbers, switching screens in roleplay games etc. New menu buttons: for quickly accessing KEYSTICKS - MEMBERS AREA Welcome to the Keysticks members area. Here, you can create and manage your Keysticks user account. An account enables you to log in to the Download Area within the Keysticks software and share profiles (i.e. Keysticks controls) that you have created. USE KEYSTICKS WITH YOUR TV You don't need a Smart TV to use the internet on your TV. Connect your laptop instead. With Keysticks, you can use a gamepad to browse to your favourite programmes on catch-up TV sites like BBC iPlayer.You can also do other things like control DVDs and music playing on your laptop, browse your photos on your TV, and play PC games. KEYSTICKS - NEW ACCOUNT Keysticks new user account page. Create user account To create a user account, please complete the form below.

KEYBOARD FEATURES

Keyboard features. Keysticks provides some additional features to make typing easier. It includes word prediction, so suggested words appear next to the screen keyboard to save you typing words in full, and it includes some alternative keyboard layouts designed for efficient text

entry.

PROGRAM OPTIONS

To view or edit the program options, click the cog-shaped button in the controller window, or select "Program options" from the Keysticks program menu. With most of the options, like colours, mouse pointer speed etc., your changes are applied immediately so you can see the difference. If you don't like your changes, you can just select

Cancel.

CHOOSING A PROFILE

Choosing a profile. To start controlling your PC using Keysticks, you need to load a profile. A profile is a file which defines what you want your controller(s) to do. ADVANCED ACTION EDITING Advanced action editing. We've seen in the Profile Designer - Controls topic how you can right-click controls to assign ready-made action templates to your controller. Occasionally, you might find that there isn't a ready-made template for the controls you want. In this case, you can click the "Edit" button and define your own actions in the "Edit actions" window.

PROFILE DESIGNER

Profile Designer - Controls. The Controls tab is where you view and edit what the controls do. The controller image shows the controls for the control set selected on the left. When you click a control, a description of the actions assigned to it is shown in the "Actions for" frame at the bottom. You can also hover the mouse over the

controls

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for

DOWNLOAD KEYSTICKS

Download Keysticks. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0. To download the latest version of Keysticks, click the Download button on the right. When the installer program has finished downloading, run it and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Keysticks uses the SlimDX Runtime,

so the

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for USE KEYSTICKS FOR GAMING You can easily create and customise 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 for adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still

open. Check

GETTING STARTED WITH KEYSTICKS Starting Keysticks. You can start Keysticks by double-clicking the icon on your desktop, or by clicking Start and selecting All Programs - Keysticks. When you run Keysticks for the first time, it will load some sample controls (profile P01) to get you started. GALLERY - SCREENSHOTS OF KEYSTICKS IN ACTION Gallery. Here are some screenshots of Keysticks in action. When the program is running, you'll see a window shaped like a game controller that shows you what the controls are. You can right-click the controller to access the program menu, or use the short-cut buttons. The example shown here lets you control the mouse pointer with the

right

PLAY MINECRAFT ON PC WITH A GAMEPAD You can use these sample Keysticks controls to play Minecraft on your PC using a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. We're not affliated with the folks that created Minecraft or anything, we just think it's a great game so we created these custom controls for it. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display.

TYPES OF ACTION

Types of action. These are the types of action that you can assign to your controller's controls in the "Edit actions" window. Many of the action types also have ready-made templates that you can apply using the Quick-edit menu in the Profile Designer. DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for

DOWNLOAD KEYSTICKS

Download Keysticks. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0. To download the latest version of Keysticks, click the Download button on the right. When the installer program has finished downloading, run it and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Keysticks uses the SlimDX Runtime,

so the

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for USE KEYSTICKS FOR GAMING You can easily create and customise 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 for adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still

open. Check

GETTING STARTED WITH KEYSTICKS Starting Keysticks. You can start Keysticks by double-clicking the icon on your desktop, or by clicking Start and selecting All Programs - Keysticks. When you run Keysticks for the first time, it will load some sample controls (profile P01) to get you started. GALLERY - SCREENSHOTS OF KEYSTICKS IN ACTION Gallery. Here are some screenshots of Keysticks in action. When the program is running, you'll see a window shaped like a game controller that shows you what the controls are. You can right-click the controller to access the program menu, or use the short-cut buttons. The example shown here lets you control the mouse pointer with the

right

PLAY MINECRAFT ON PC WITH A GAMEPAD You can use these sample Keysticks controls to play Minecraft on your PC using a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. We're not affliated with the folks that created Minecraft or anything, we just think it's a great game so we created these custom controls for it. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display.

TYPES OF ACTION

Types of action. These are the types of action that you can assign to your controller's controls in the "Edit actions" window. Many of the action types also have ready-made templates that you can apply using the Quick-edit menu in the Profile Designer. DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for USE KEYSTICKS WITH YOUR TV You don't need a Smart TV to use the internet on your TV. Connect your laptop instead. With Keysticks, you can use a gamepad to browse to your favourite programmes on catch-up TV sites like BBC iPlayer.You can also do other things like control DVDs and music playing on your laptop, browse your photos on your TV, and play PC games. KEYSTICKS - MEMBERS AREA Welcome to the Keysticks members area. Here, you can create and manage your Keysticks user account. An account enables you to log in to the Download Area within the Keysticks software and share profiles (i.e. Keysticks controls) that you have created. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display. CREATING YOUR OWN CONTROLS Creating your own controls. Keysticks provides some ready-made profiles to get you started, but you can also customise the controls and create your own profiles from scratch. This is done using the Profile Designer. To open the Profile Designer, click the "Edit the current profile" menu button in the controller window, or choose

either "Edit

KEYBOARD FEATURES

Keyboard features. Keysticks provides some additional features to make typing easier. It includes word prediction, so suggested words appear next to the screen keyboard to save you typing words in full, and it includes some alternative keyboard layouts designed for efficient text

entry.

CONTROL POWERPOINT WIRELESSLY Here's an overview of our sample controls for PowerPoint. Controls for PowerPoint. The main controls are: Start button: start presentation (F5) Back button: stop presentation (Esc) X button: next slide. Y button: previous slide. You can also control the pointer, click and right-click, use the arrow keys, press Enter, and blank the screen.

PROGRAM OPTIONS

To view or edit the program options, click the cog-shaped button in the controller window, or select "Program options" from the Keysticks program menu. With most of the options, like colours, mouse pointer speed etc., your changes are applied immediately so you can see the difference. If you don't like your changes, you can just select

Cancel.

ADVANCED ACTION EDITING Advanced action editing. We've seen in the Profile Designer - Controls topic how you can right-click controls to assign ready-made action templates to your controller. Occasionally, you might find that there isn't a ready-made template for the controls you want. In this case, you can click the "Edit" button and define your own actions in the "Edit actions" window.

PROFILE DESIGNER

Profile Designer - Controls. The Controls tab is where you view and edit what the controls do. The controller image shows the controls for the control set selected on the left. When you click a control, a description of the actions assigned to it is shown in the "Actions for" frame at the bottom. You can also hover the mouse over the

controls

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for

DOWNLOAD KEYSTICKS

Download Keysticks. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0. To download the latest version of Keysticks, click the Download button on the right. When the installer program has finished downloading, run it and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Keysticks uses the SlimDX Runtime,

so the

USE KEYSTICKS FOR GAMING You can easily create and customise 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 for adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still

open. Check

GETTING STARTED WITH KEYSTICKS Getting started. Here's a quick guide to help you install Keysticks and use it for the first time. There's further information in the other online help topics and the help file that comes with the

software.

GALLERY - SCREENSHOTS OF KEYSTICKS IN ACTION Gallery. Here are some screenshots of Keysticks in action. When the program is running, you'll see a window shaped like a game controller that shows you what the controls are. You can right-click the controller to access the program menu, or use the short-cut buttons. The example shown here lets you control the mouse pointer with the

right

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display. PLAY MINECRAFT ON PC WITH A GAMEPAD Play Minecraft on PC using a gamepad. You can use these sample Keysticks controls to play Minecraft on your PC using a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. We're not affliated with the folks that created Minecraft or anything, we just think it's a great game so we created these custom controls for it.

KEYBOARD FEATURES

Keyboard features. Keysticks provides some additional features to make typing easier. It includes word prediction, so suggested words appear next to the screen keyboard to save you typing words in full, and it includes some alternative keyboard layouts designed for efficient text

entry.

CREATING YOUR OWN CONTROLS Creating your own controls. Keysticks provides some ready-made profiles to get you started, but you can also customise the controls and create your own profiles from scratch. This is done using the Profile Designer. To open the Profile Designer, click the "Edit the current profile" menu button in the controller window, or choose

either "Edit

DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for

DOWNLOAD KEYSTICKS

Download Keysticks. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0. To download the latest version of Keysticks, click the Download button on the right. When the installer program has finished downloading, run it and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Keysticks uses the SlimDX Runtime,

so the

USE KEYSTICKS FOR GAMING You can easily create and customise 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 for adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still

open. Check

GETTING STARTED WITH KEYSTICKS Getting started. Here's a quick guide to help you install Keysticks and use it for the first time. There's further information in the other online help topics and the help file that comes with the

software.

GALLERY - SCREENSHOTS OF KEYSTICKS IN ACTION Gallery. Here are some screenshots of Keysticks in action. When the program is running, you'll see a window shaped like a game controller that shows you what the controls are. You can right-click the controller to access the program menu, or use the short-cut buttons. The example shown here lets you control the mouse pointer with the

right

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display. PLAY MINECRAFT ON PC WITH A GAMEPAD Play Minecraft on PC using a gamepad. You can use these sample Keysticks controls to play Minecraft on your PC using a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. We're not affliated with the folks that created Minecraft or anything, we just think it's a great game so we created these custom controls for it.

KEYBOARD FEATURES

Keyboard features. Keysticks provides some additional features to make typing easier. It includes word prediction, so suggested words appear next to the screen keyboard to save you typing words in full, and it includes some alternative keyboard layouts designed for efficient text

entry.

CREATING YOUR OWN CONTROLS Creating your own controls. Keysticks provides some ready-made profiles to get you started, but you can also customise the controls and create your own profiles from scratch. This is done using the Profile Designer. To open the Profile Designer, click the "Edit the current profile" menu button in the controller window, or choose

either "Edit

DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

WHAT'S NEW IN KEYSTICKS Keysticks v1.4 - October 2012. This version introduced "action strips", new menu buttons, and lots of usability improvements. Action strips: single-row keyboards for entering numbers, switching screens in roleplay games etc. New menu buttons: for quickly accessing USE KEYSTICKS WITH YOUR TV You don't need a Smart TV to use the internet on your TV. Connect your laptop instead. With Keysticks, you can use a gamepad to browse to your favourite programmes on catch-up TV sites like BBC iPlayer.You can also do other things like control DVDs and music playing on your laptop, browse your photos on your TV, and play PC games. KEYSTICKS - MEMBERS AREA Welcome to the Keysticks members area. Here, you can create and manage your Keysticks user account. An account enables you to log in to the Download Area within the Keysticks software and share profiles (i.e. Keysticks controls) that you have created. GALLERY - SCREENSHOTS OF KEYSTICKS IN ACTION Gallery. Here are some screenshots of Keysticks in action. When the program is running, you'll see a window shaped like a game controller that shows you what the controls are. You can right-click the controller to access the program menu, or use the short-cut buttons. The example shown here lets you control the mouse pointer with the

right

KEYSTICKS - NEW ACCOUNT Keysticks new user account page. Create user account To create a user account, please complete the form below. USING KEYSTICKS CONTROLS Using Keysticks controls. Let's take a look at the "P01 - Standard keyboard" sample profile. When you select the profile in the Profile Browser window and click "Preview", you'll see that the profile has two main "controls sets": Normal and Keyboard.

PROGRAM OPTIONS

To view or edit the program options, click the cog-shaped button in the controller window, or select "Program options" from the Keysticks program menu. With most of the options, like colours, mouse pointer speed etc., your changes are applied immediately so you can see the difference. If you don't like your changes, you can just select

Cancel.

TYPES OF ACTION

Types of action. These are the types of action that you can assign to your controller's controls in the "Edit actions" window. Many of the action types also have ready-made templates that you can apply using the Quick-edit menu in the Profile Designer. DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

ADVANCED ACTION EDITING Advanced action editing. We've seen in the Profile Designer - Controls topic how you can right-click controls to assign ready-made action templates to your controller. Occasionally, you might find that there isn't a ready-made template for the controls you want. In this case, you can click the "Edit" button and define your own actions in the "Edit actions" window. CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for

DOWNLOAD KEYSTICKS

Download Keysticks. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0. To download the latest version of Keysticks, click the Download button on the right. When the installer program has finished downloading, run it and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Keysticks uses the SlimDX Runtime,

so the

USE KEYSTICKS FOR GAMING You can easily create and customise 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 for adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still

open. Check

GETTING STARTED WITH KEYSTICKS Getting started. Here's a quick guide to help you install Keysticks and use it for the first time. There's further information in the other online help topics and the help file that comes with the

software.

GALLERY - SCREENSHOTS OF KEYSTICKS IN ACTION Gallery. Here are some screenshots of Keysticks in action. When the program is running, you'll see a window shaped like a game controller that shows you what the controls are. You can right-click the controller to access the program menu, or use the short-cut buttons. The example shown here lets you control the mouse pointer with the

right

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display. PLAY MINECRAFT ON PC WITH A GAMEPAD Play Minecraft on PC using a gamepad. You can use these sample Keysticks controls to play Minecraft on your PC using a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. We're not affliated with the folks that created Minecraft or anything, we just think it's a great game so we created these custom controls for it.

KEYBOARD FEATURES

Keyboard features. Keysticks provides some additional features to make typing easier. It includes word prediction, so suggested words appear next to the screen keyboard to save you typing words in full, and it includes some alternative keyboard layouts designed for efficient text

entry.

CREATING YOUR OWN CONTROLS Creating your own controls. Keysticks provides some ready-made profiles to get you started, but you can also customise the controls and create your own profiles from scratch. This is done using the Profile Designer. To open the Profile Designer, click the "Edit the current profile" menu button in the controller window, or choose

either "Edit

DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK 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 like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for

DOWNLOAD KEYSTICKS

Download Keysticks. Keysticks is free, open source software released under the Eclipse Public License v1.0. To download the latest version of Keysticks, click the Download button on the right. When the installer program has finished downloading, run it and follow the instructions in the install wizard. Keysticks uses the SlimDX Runtime,

so the

USE KEYSTICKS FOR GAMING You can easily create and customise 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 for adding virtual keyboards to your profiles. You can drag and drop to try new combinations and apply them with the designer window still

open. Check

GETTING STARTED WITH KEYSTICKS Getting started. Here's a quick guide to help you install Keysticks and use it for the first time. There's further information in the other online help topics and the help file that comes with the

software.

GALLERY - SCREENSHOTS OF KEYSTICKS IN ACTION Gallery. Here are some screenshots of Keysticks in action. When the program is running, you'll see a window shaped like a game controller that shows you what the controls are. You can right-click the controller to access the program menu, or use the short-cut buttons. The example shown here lets you control the mouse pointer with the

right

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Yes, provided Keysticks is running, it will recognise your controller automatically within a few seconds. To test whether your controller has been detected, try selecting it in the Inputs tab of the Keysticks Profile Designer window. When you use your controller, the corresponding controls should flash in the display. PLAY MINECRAFT ON PC WITH A GAMEPAD Play Minecraft on PC using a gamepad. You can use these sample Keysticks controls to play Minecraft on your PC using a gamepad instead of the keyboard and mouse. We're not affliated with the folks that created Minecraft or anything, we just think it's a great game so we created these custom controls for it.

KEYBOARD FEATURES

Keyboard features. Keysticks provides some additional features to make typing easier. It includes word prediction, so suggested words appear next to the screen keyboard to save you typing words in full, and it includes some alternative keyboard layouts designed for efficient text

entry.

CREATING YOUR OWN CONTROLS Creating your own controls. Keysticks provides some ready-made profiles to get you started, but you can also customise the controls and create your own profiles from scratch. This is done using the Profile Designer. To open the Profile Designer, click the "Edit the current profile" menu button in the controller window, or choose

either "Edit

DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

WHAT'S NEW IN KEYSTICKS Keysticks v1.4 - October 2012. This version introduced "action strips", new menu buttons, and lots of usability improvements. Action strips: single-row keyboards for entering numbers, switching screens in roleplay games etc. New menu buttons: for quickly accessing USE KEYSTICKS WITH YOUR TV You don't need a Smart TV to use the internet on your TV. Connect your laptop instead. With Keysticks, you can use a gamepad to browse to your favourite programmes on catch-up TV sites like BBC iPlayer.You can also do other things like control DVDs and music playing on your laptop, browse your photos on your TV, and play PC games. KEYSTICKS - MEMBERS AREA Welcome to the Keysticks members area. Here, you can create and manage your Keysticks user account. An account enables you to log in to the Download Area within the Keysticks software and share profiles (i.e. Keysticks controls) that you have created. GALLERY - SCREENSHOTS OF KEYSTICKS IN ACTION Gallery. Here are some screenshots of Keysticks in action. When the program is running, you'll see a window shaped like a game controller that shows you what the controls are. You can right-click the controller to access the program menu, or use the short-cut buttons. The example shown here lets you control the mouse pointer with the

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KEYSTICKS - NEW ACCOUNT Keysticks new user account page. Create user account To create a user account, please complete the form below. USING KEYSTICKS CONTROLS Using Keysticks controls. Let's take a look at the "P01 - Standard keyboard" sample profile. When you select the profile in the Profile Browser window and click "Preview", you'll see that the profile has two main "controls sets": Normal and Keyboard.

PROGRAM OPTIONS

To view or edit the program options, click the cog-shaped button in the controller window, or select "Program options" from the Keysticks program menu. With most of the options, like colours, mouse pointer speed etc., your changes are applied immediately so you can see the difference. If you don't like your changes, you can just select

Cancel.

TYPES OF ACTION

Types of action. These are the types of action that you can assign to your controller's controls in the "Edit actions" window. Many of the action types also have ready-made templates that you can apply using the Quick-edit menu in the Profile Designer. DOWNLOADING PROFILES The first time you use the Download Area tab, you'll see a brief welcome message explaining how it works. When you click "Enter Download Area", Keysticks will retrieve the list of online profiles that are available for download. For each profile, you can see who added it, when it was last updated, and how many times it has been

downloaded.

ADVANCED ACTION EDITING Advanced action editing. We've seen in the Profile Designer - Controls topic how you can right-click controls to assign ready-made action templates to your controller. Occasionally, you might find that there isn't a ready-made template for the controls you want. In this case, you can click the "Edit" button and define your own actions in the "Edit actions" window.

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CONTROL YOUR PC USING A GAMEPAD OR JOYSTICK With Keysticks, you can use a game controller to surf the web and play games and music on your PC. It's a comfortable alternative to the keyboard and mouse. Watch our video to see how, or read on... 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. You can also connect your computer to your TV and browse the web wirelessly using your controller. * How to control your music wirelessly * How to use Keysticks with your TV Keysticks media player controls 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. * How to control PowerPoint wirelessly Keysticks controls for PowerPoint Play PC games with a game controller ------------------------- You can use Keysticks to create controls for games that only support keyboard or mouse. If you're tired of spamming the WASD keys in your favourite games, why not ditch the keyboard and play using your

gamepad?

* How to use Keysticks for gaming * Example controls for Minecraft Creating your own game controls 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 like to 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.

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