Steam Deck Beta Client Update - 5/1/23

A new Steam Deck Beta Client update was pushed out today! This one brings in a bunch of fixes, as well as adds a binding listener dialog to let you bind inputs by physically pressing a key and reinstating LED Color/Brightness as a bindable action. The fixes are across Steam Input and Desktop Mode, with 1 general fix for a crash relating to http transfers.

Steam Deck Beta Client Update 5/1/23 Changelog:

General

• Fixed a crash related to http transfers

Desktop Mode

• Fixed -silent command-line option not working
• Fixed windows not grouping together in the taskbar
• Fixed pinning a steam window to the taskbar resulting in a shortcut that could not launch steam
• Fixed association of steam windows with the steam.desktop application entry

Steam Input

• Virtual Menus now work in the desktop overlay
• Added binding listener dialog that lets you bind inputs by hitting a mouse button, keyboard key, or gamepad button
• LED Color/Brightness Action reinstated as a bindable action. Find the Action settings inside the Game Pad tab when selecting an action binding (available on controllers with LEDs only).
• Fixed the controller configurator not fully closing when backing out via gamepad in the Desktop overlay
• Fixed the controller configurator opening layout previews in a new window instead of directly in the configurator
• Fixed cases where alt-tabbing between the stand alone instance of the desktop configurator and a game would not update the in-game

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