I would give anything for Valve's Steam to have an option to disable the Big Picture Mode button. How many times have I accidently clicked it, fml

[Space Lynx]

I just wanted to minimum the screen.

I accidently hit the button the left, which puts me into Big Picture Mode, which takes 5 seconds to launch, then it makes it really hard and buried under sub menu to exit picture mode.

I do not want big picture mode on my desktop at all.

I have hit it like 100x over the years, and I can't stand it anymore.

I am hereby today declaring the goal of mankind, of all mankind, is to eliminate this button or movie it further away where I won't accidently click on it. Who is with me?

 

[JIWIL]

Not sure what platform you're on, but I suspect Windows Key + Down Arrow might save you.

 

[Space Lynx]

Not sure what platform you're on, but I suspect Windows Key + Down Arrow might save you.

Windows 11 for my work laptop.

nope that didn't work, it just resized it

 

[Macro Device]

The solution most likely exists... But I'm way too lazy to create an account, download the client and experiment with it on my umpteenth hour since last sleep... Stay tuned, I'm not giving up on this misclick rodeo just yet.

 

[JoeTheDestroyer]

Not sure what platform you're on, but I suspect Windows Key + Down Arrow might save you.

Alt-Space, then N

 

[JIWIL]

Alt-Tab, Win-M (minimize everything), Win-Down (minimize active) are my three most used shortcuts... I can't imagine having them not function

 

[Sunny and 75]

which takes 5 seconds to launch

5 seconds of SMH, XD!

I do not want big picture mode on my desktop at all.

I have hit it like 100x over the years, and I can't stand it anymore.

The same

I am hereby today declaring the goal of mankind, of all mankind, is to eliminate this button or movie it further away where I won't accidently click on it. Who is with me?

I am

 

[Space Lynx]

I appreciate the shortcut recommendations, but I just never have been in the habit of using shortcuts on keyboard, I use CTRL C and CTRL V, and that's literally hit lol

My brain just doesn't want to memorize anything new.

 

[JIWIL]

Yeah, I've clicked on it once or twice while trying to manage account. Happens infrequently enough that I can never remember how to exit.

My pitchfork is yours.

 

[Space Lynx]

Happens infrequently enough that I can never remember how to exit.

Yes, this exactly. lmao I love Valve, but my God this has been terrible design for years.

 

[DaemonForce]

I'm trying to speed click the buttons to figure out how you manage to misclick this. I have NEVER done that.
How do you do it? If you hug the top of the screen, the big picture shortcut isn't even highlighted.
Once you scroll the usual three window controls, they are all highlighted, a ready press.
The only big picture surprise I ever get is from double pressing the Xbox button.

 

[Steve-007UK]

Open Steam and go to Settings:

Navigate to the Controller settings:
Locate the "Guide Button" or "External Gamepad Settings" option:
Disable the option that says "Guide Button Focuses Steam" or similar:

Restart Steam:
Alternatively, you can also disable "Use the Big Picture overlay when using a Steam Input enabled controller from the desktop" in the In-Game settings:

Is this what you wanted?

 

[claylomax]

Steam used to be great; now it feels like bloatware, so many options and menus.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Fat chance, Steam is developed with a laser focus on Linux and attempts to replicate a console experience at any and all costs. Steam Input is one of the most egregiously awful things they've ever added to the Steam client with Big Picture following close next, I've long since lost my faith in it, especially after the forums became a heavily moderated echo chamber. The old no man's land was much more my style.

 

[DarkDreams]

I appreciate the shortcut recommendations, but I just never have been in the habit of using shortcuts on keyboard, I use CTRL C and CTRL V, and that's literally hit lol

My brain just doesn't want to memorize anything new.

You can also just click the icon in the taskbar to minimize any single window (at least in win 10)

 

[Shihab]

I hate those people on SO, reddit, etc, who suggest the user change their preferences when they're asking about a very valid issue, but, do you have anything against closing to tray?

Steam Input is one of the most egregiously awful things they've ever added to the Steam client with Big Picture following close next.

I like Steam Input. Helped me many times with those poorly dinput/xinput implementations/support.

 

[Dr. Dro]

I like Steam Input. Helped me many times with those poorly dinput/xinput implementations/support.

I don't, because it's clearly designed to be used on Linux. It's the same reason I dislike AMD's former approach to Anti-Lag and the FSR 4 thing, it's DLL interception and redirection, dirty business. There are much cleaner ways for controller management, for example, Ryochan fork of DS4Windows or DSX.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Is this what you wanted?

I don't think that's what Lynx was referring to. He wants the client to open up with the small/minimal UI. Just the compact simple list of games without all the huge thumbnail crap.

 

[Vayra86]

Stick a small piece of post it on your monitor!

 

[Shihab]

I don't, because it's clearly designed to be used on Linux. It's the same reason I dislike AMD's former approach to Anti-Lag and the FSR 4 thing, it's DLL interception and redirection, dirty business. There are much cleaner ways for controller management, for example, Ryochan fork of DS4Windows or DSX.

That's actually not true. Fixing mapping issues is a boon to linux, yes. But Steam Input was meant to be a lot of thing, most of which are PC centric and beneficial to Windows. Input mappers (which is only part of what Steam Input is) were a thing for Windows gaming long before anyone but masochist, terminal addicts thought to run games on linux.

I don't see how you can make a third party, input mapper without intercepting messages and modifying/rerouting them.

And btw, they do have an API implementable by the games. The "clean" way, if you will.

 

[Chomiq]

Open Steam and go to Settings:

Navigate to the Controller settings:
Locate the "Guide Button" or "External Gamepad Settings" option:
Disable the option that says "Guide Button Focuses Steam" or similar:

Restart Steam:
Alternatively, you can also disable "Use the Big Picture overlay when using a Steam Input enabled controller from the desktop" in the In-Game settings:
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Is this what you wanted?

That's not what OP wants, he's talking about the button next to minimize...

... which I never clicked by accident.

 

[Space Lynx]

That's not what OP wants, he's talking about the button next to minimize...

... which I never clicked by accident.

your going to be pissed like two months from now, somehow this topic stuck in your subconscious and you accidently start clicking it



@Steve-007UK no that doesn't help this issue. I am not expecting anyone to give me an answer to this issue, I am just venting my frustration when I misclick

 

[iSpeakVeryWell]

Ah Steam! One of the app I hate the most on my PC... But also the app I cannot live without.

The only way I can tolerate Steam is when I use it in Small Mode, which is 99% of the time. Basically, on my PC, I ask of Steam to just be a game launcher and nothing else. For the reste, I use the app on my phone and once upon a time I switch to large mode but it's very rare.

If you come to try Small Mode, I strongly recommend the you change the default "tab" in the setting to Library, because by default it's set to Store and this will kick you out of Small Mode when Steam start.

Most of my workflow with Steam is done by right clicking the tray icon to access one of these: Library, Settings, launch one of the last 5 games I played.

 

[Space Lynx]

Ah Steam! One of the app I hate the most on my PC... But also the app I cannot live without.

The only way I can tolerate Steam is when I use it in Small Mode, which is 99% of the time. Basically, on my PC, I ask of Steam to just be a game launcher and nothing else. For the reste, I use the app on my phone and once upon a time I switch to large mode but it's very rare.

If you come to try Small Mode, I strongly recommend the you change the default "tab" in the setting to Library, because by default it's set to Store and this will kick you out of Small Mode when Steam start.

Most of my workflow with Steam is done by right clicking the tray icon to access one of these: Library, Settings, launch one of the last 5 games I played.

I leave it in Small Mode 99% of the time and yes that does fix this problem. I like to check the Store page sometimes and Activity page to see what my friends are posting sometimes (yes my friends do use that section), lol

so that makes it so I can't stay in small mode 24/7 sadly.

 

[Marcus L]

Biggest bugbear for me with steam is after all this time there's still no option to close instead of going to tray, instead you have to go to steam>exit, small annoyance though it really pisses me off even today