Guides:SteamVR Bindings

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SteamVR input is a universal keybind system for all controllers usable in SteamVR. Instead of binding keys like "space" to jump, VR game developers provide actions we can directly bind to inputs on SteamVR controllers. The UI also provides a way for users to find or share community bindings.

Official VRChat SteamVR Input 2.0 documentation

Official VRChat SteamVR input 2.0 FAQ

Where

Standard method

1. Open SteamVR
2. Find Settings
3. Select Controllers
4. Set Advanced Setting to Show
5. Select Show Binding UI
6. Select VRChat from the list of applications

Via web browser

1. Go to http://localhost:27062/dashboard/controllerbinding.html while SteamVR is running
2. Select VRChat from the list of applications

Via VRChat

1. Open the main menu
2. Navigate to Settings
3. Go to Controls
4. Select Open SteamVR Input Bindings Panel

Glossary

Terms	Explanation
Bindings	A complete set of bindings between inputs and actions that can be saved and shared in the Steam Workshop.
Action	Behavior that can be bound to inputs or chords, like movement, selection, or bringing up the camera or personal mirror.
Action set	A group of actions that corresponds to a specific context, like using the menu or action menu, or global actions that are available in any context.
Control source	A specific physical actuator on a controller, like a joystick, trigger, button, or trackpad.
Control source mode (Use control as)	A mapping that defines how a control source's movements or sensors are interpreted as inputs. For example, a trackpad can be mapped as dpad or a button, and a joystick can be mapped as joystick or scroll wheel.
Input	A specific movement or sensor reading from a control, interpreted through a control source mode. For example, a button's control source mode might provide touch, press, hold, or double-press inputs.
Chords	Bindings that combine two or more inputs to execute one action

^{Mostly from the official docs but with some edits for clarity.}

Control Source Modes

Control Source Mode	Provided Inputs
Button	Touches, Clicks, Holds, Double clicks, and Long presses
Trigger	Touch (or any press), Click if there is a physical click at the end of the trigger, and the ammount (0-1) the trigger is depressed)
Joystick	XY Positioning, touches, and presses
Trackpad	XY Positioning, touches, and presses
DPAD	Splits the the XY control source into North, East, South, and West quadrants. Can be used in touch or click mode.
Grab	Combines capacitive sensors and force sensors to report a more reliable grab
Force Sensor	Gives analog actions a 0-1 value indicating how much force the user is applying to the control
Set analog Action	Allows you to use a digital (on/off) control to a set an analog (0-1) value
Toggle Button	One press for on, one press for off
Radial Menu	(?)

Input Methods

Input	Usage	Types	Control Source
Click	Pressing the control	boolean	Any
Touch	Touching the assigned control (If it has a touch sensor)	boolean	Any
Single	Pressing the control once	boolean	Button
Double	A quick double press of the control	boolean	Button
Long	Hold the control for 0.5 seconds (?)	boolean	Button
Held	Sets the action to true while the button is held after the long duration.	boolean	Button
Pull	Value 0-1 representing what percentage the trigger is depressed	vector1	Trigger
Position	The position you are touching on a touchpad or the position you've pushed a joystick to.	vector2	Trackpad / Joystick

Actions

Every bindable Action for SteamVR controllers in VRChat. Found in VRChat\VRChat_Data\StreamingAssets\SteamVR\actions.json (Descriptions are community created)

Action	Action Set	Description	Type	Requirement
Menu	Global, 1H	Dual purpose. One activation opens quick menu. Holding it opens the action menu. Double press opens the main menu (If enabled)	boolean	suggested
Main Menu	Global	Opens the Main Menu	boolean	optional
Quick Menu	Global	Opens the Quick Menu	boolean	optional
Action Menu	Global	Opens the Action Menu	boolean	optional
Interact	Global, 1H	Interact with world objects and poses physbones	boolean	suggested
Grab	Global, 1H	Picks up grabbable world objects	boolean	suggested
Drop	Global, 1H	Drops held item. Enables Auto Hold. (Prevents item drop unless triggered)	boolean	optional
Move	Global, 1H	Player movement	vector2
Jump	Global, 1H	Jump!	boolean
Rotate	Global	Player rotation	vector2
Advanced Controls		Alternative movement for touchpads that share the Gesture Wheel
Start Move (Advanced)	Global	When this is clicked, begin moving.	boolean	optional
Start Rotate (Advanced)	Global	When this is clicked, begin rotating	boolean	optional
Continue Move (Advanced)	Global	If Start move is released, as long as this is active, movement will continue.	boolean	optional
Continue Rotate (Advanced)	Global	If Start rotate is released, as long as this is active, rotation will continue.	boolean	optional
No Gesture After Move	Global	Prevents Gesture Wheel touches after Start move click is released	boolean	optional
No Gesture After Rotate	Global	Prevents Gestures Wheel touches after Start rotate click is released	boolean	optional
Miscellaneous		Other optional functionalities
Toggle Microphone	Global, 1H	Toggles Microphone	boolean	optional
Gesture Toggle	Global, 1H	Toggles Gestures	boolean	optional
Activate Safe Mode	Global	Activates Safe mode	boolean	suggested
Toggle HUD	Global, 1H	Toggles HUD	boolean	optional
Cycle Nameplate Mode	Global, 1H	Cycles through Nameplates Modes	boolean	optional
Open Chatbox	Global, 1H	Opens Chatbox	boolean	optional
Open Camera	Global, 1H	Toggles Camera	boolean	optional
Open Stream Camera	Global, 1H	Toggles Stream Camera
Toggle Earmuffs	Global, 1H	Toggles Earmuffs	boolean	optional
Proximity Sensor	Global	When active, trigger AFK in VRChat	boolean	optional
Toggle Personal Mirror	Global	Toggles Personal Mirror	boolean	optional
Toggle Personal Mirror Grabbing	Global	Toggles grabbing on Personal Mirror	boolean	optional
Toggle Face Mirror	Global, 1H	Toggles Face Mirror	boolean	optional
Confirm FBT Calibration	Global, 1H	If bound, replaces the default trigger press to lock FBT binding.	boolean	optional
Toggle Avatar Debug Screen	Global, 1H	Toggles Avatar Debug Screen	boolean	optional
Toggle OSC Debug Screen"	Global, 1H	Toggles OSC Debug Console	boolean	optional
Disable Gesture Tracked	Global, Action	Stops gestures via pose from running if bound.	boolean	optional
One Handed (1H)		Specifically for the one handed action set
Move & Rotate	One_Hand	Combined movement & rotation	vector2	suggested
Start Move & Rotate	One_Hand	When clicked begin Move & Rotate	boolean	optional
Continue Move & Rotate	One_Hand	When Start Move & Rotate released, continue as long as this is active.	boolean	optional
No Gesture After Move & Rotate	One_Hand	Prevents gestures afterMove & Rotate is released	boolean	optional
Udon		Inputs used by Udon worlds
Udon Menu	Global, 1H	Registerable by VRChat worlds with Udon.	boolean	optional
Udon Trigger Axis	Global, 1H	Registerable by VRChat worlds with Udon.	vector1	optional
Udon Grip Axis	Global, 1H	Registerable by VRChat worlds with Udon.	vector1	optional
Udon Stick Click	Global, 1H	Registerable by VRChat worlds with Udon.	boolean	optional
Menu		Specifically for the menu action set
Confirm	Menu	Clicks on menu items	boolean	suggested
Back	Menu	Returns to the previous page (or closes the menu?)	boolean	optional
Tab	Menu	(?)	boolean	optional
Scroll	Menu	Scrolls in the menu	vector2
Close Quick Menu	Menu	Closes the Quick Menu	boolean	optional
Drag	Menu	(?)	boolean	optional
Action Menu		Specifically for the action menu action set
Axis	Action	Directional control in the action menu	vector2	suggested
Select	Action	Select hovering item in the action menu	boolean
(?)		(?)
Pose Data	Global	The 6-DOF position and orientation of a device tracked device.	pose
SkeletonLeftHand	Global	Used to retrieve bone transform data from the related controllers	skeleton	suggested
SkeletonRightHand	Global		skeleton
Haptics	Global, 1H	Used to apply various haptics to the device. (Such as when hovering over menu elements or the personal mirror)	vibration
Gesture Activator (GA)		Activators for (?)
GA (Thumb)	Global		boolean	optional
GA (Thumb Inner-Upper)	Global		boolean	optional
GA (Thumb, Inner-Lower)	Global		boolean	optional
GA (Thumb, Outer)	Global		boolean	optional
GA (Index Finger)	Global		boolean	optional
GA (Grip)	Global		boolean	optional
GA (Stick Deflection)	Global		vector2	optional
Gesture		(?)
Gesture - Trigger Axis	Global		vector1	optional
Gesture - Grip Axis	Global		vector1	optional
Gesture Direct | Use Gesture (UG)		Used to directly set the integer values of GestureLeft/GestureRight
UG - Neutral (Left/Right)	Global	Sets Gesture(Left/Right) to 0 (Neutral)	boolean	optional
UG - Fist (Left/Right)	Global	Sets Gesture(Left/Right) to 1 (Fist)	boolean	optional
UG - Open (Left/Right)	Global	Sets Gesture(Left/Right) to 2 (HandOpen)	boolean	optional
UG - Point (Left/Right)	Global	Sets Gesture(Left/Right) to 3 (FingerPoint)	boolean	optional
UG - Peace (Left/Right)	Global	Sets Gesture(Left/Right) to 4 (Victory)	boolean	optional
UG - Horns (Left/Right)	Global	Sets Gesture(Left/Right) to 5 (RockNRoll)	boolean	optional
UG - Finger Gun (Left/Right)	Global	Sets Gesture(Left/Right) to 6 (HandGun)	boolean	optional
UG - Thumbs Up (Left/Right)	Global	Sets Gesture(Left/Right) to 7 (Thumbsup)	boolean	optional
Gesture Wheel (GW)		Gesture wheel of emotes based on pre-input 2.0 Vive touchpad Gesture control
GW (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	The XY position of the gesture wheel	vector2	optional
GW Select (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	Selects a gesture that will be released after activation stops	boolean	optional
GW Held (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	Selects a gesture that will remain after activation stops	boolean	optional
GW Direct (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	(?)	boolean	optional
GW Direct Stay (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	(?)	boolean	optional
GW Soft Select (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	Selects a gesture which can be used with Gesture wheel Weight	vector1	optional
GW Weight (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	Analog driving value of the current gesture	vector1	optional
GW Cancel (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	Sets the current gesture to 1 (Fist) and 0 (neutral) after release	boolean	optional
GW Cancel Open (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	Sets the current gesture to 2 (HandOpen) and 0 (neutral) after release	boolean	optional
GW Disable Move (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	Disables gesture wheel while clicked (prevents emotes while walking)	boolean	optional
GW Disable Rotate (Left/Right)	Global, Act, 1H	Disables gesture wheel while clicked (prevents emotes while rotating)	boolean	optional
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Walkthroughs

These walkthroughs require you to navigate to the VRChat SteamVR Bindings page.

Default Bindings

To reset your bindings to default, navigate to the VRChat SteamVR Bindings page and select Activate on the official Default Bindings available for your controller.

Binding editing page

Navigate to the VRChat SteamVR Bindings page and select Edit on the current Binding.

Changing input settings

Almost all inputs can be configured. Find the input you'd like to configure and hover over it, you'll see a pencil icon you can click. After clicking the pencil you'll find a cogwheel on the right side of the input which will bring up dialogue box with input settings.

Additional input methods

To use additional input methods such as double click, find the input you'd like to configure and hover over it to click the pencil icon for editing. Next click More Options and then you'll have access to additional input methods besides click.

Creating new inputs / Control sources

On any of a controller's existing control sources, you can create new inputs with a specific control source modes. To do this, click the plus button to the right of any of the control sources and select a control source mode from the available list.

Creating Chords

TODO

Deadzones

To change the deadzones on control sources like Trackpads & Joysticks, open their input settings and adjust the values to your liking. DeadZone is what you'd expect and Max Zone Percentage determines how far from the center of the control source is 100% value.

Curve Exponent

This exponent value is applied to change how speed scales on the final relative position between the Deadzone and Max Zone. Speed = Value^Exponent

Trigger thresholds

TODO

Changing haptics

Most control sources on the default bindings have an input setting for Haptic Amplitude. To turn haptics off, you'll need to go through every control source input setting on the controller and set Haptic Amplitude to 0. Make sure to also check the control sources in other action sets besides global. If you want to remove the haptics upon hovering over menu items in VRChat, select the Haptics button in the center of the Global action set & change Left/Right Hand Haptics to Unused.

DPAD overlap percentage

TODO

Manual Binding export/import

Due to how Community Bindings sort by usage time, it can be difficult to share a newly created binding with others. Manual methods use a .json file for sharing.

Export

1. Navigate to bindings Editing page select Export Binding File
2. Navigate to (Your Documents)\steamvr\input\exports to find the .json file.
3. Share as needed!

Import

1. Place the binding .json file in (Your Documents)\steamvr\input\imports (create folder if it doesn't exist)
2. Navigate to the Bindings config for the app the Binding is for. (VRChat likely in this case)
3. Select the binding from the list of "Bindings in the documents directory" (You do not need to close SteamVR)

Don'ts

There's certain things you can do to bindings that can cause issues. Try to avoid them when possible

Multiple actions per control source

When you bind multiple actions like this, it stops them from functioning instantaneously and can make them unpredictable.

A functional use case would be setting action menu to Single and quick menu to Double; this will introduces a small delay after the single press input which can be interrupted by a double click to open the quick menu without accidentally opening the action menu.

Controller info & fixes

All controllers

Various fixes that are potentially globally applicable.

Can't do gestures at all

By default coming into the Input 2.0 update, gestures were set to disabled. You can enable them in them in the Action Menu. Path: Action Menu ➜ Options ➜ Avatar ➜ Gestures

TODO: GIF navigating to toggle in action menu

Double tap is opening the Main Menu

This feature was introduced with Input 2.0. You can disable it in the Controls section of the Main Menu

Disabling finger tracking

Skeletal based finger tracking is enabled by default for all controller types. You can disable it in the Controls section of the Main Menu

Reverting to old finger tracking

If you prefer the old finger tracking method, navigate to the Quick Actions section of the Action Menu and enabling Legacy fingers. ^{(per-avatar basis)}

Path: Action Menu ➜ Expressions ➜ Quick Actions ➜ Legacy Fingers

TODO: GIF navigating to toggle in action menu

Explicit input Gestures only

On controllers with Gesture Activators, such as Index, Open hand is triggered by a lack of input. If you want to only do Explicit gesture inputs on these controllers, you'll need to add the Disable Gesture Tracked Action anywhere to your binds. It doesn't matter where.

Tracking breaking in SteamVR Dashboard

This is due to SteamVR Keyboard privacy introduced in version 2.7 which stops applications from seeing device positions while the Steam keyboard is visible. In SteamVR settings, navigate to Dashboard and set Keyboard Privacy to Disabled.

Hard Bindings reset

In rare cases, a full hard reset of your Bindings for VRChat may help solve unknown issues. Navigating to (username)/Documents/steamvr/input and delete the steam.app.438100_controlType.json of the affected controller type. Restart VRChat to generate new files.

Vive Wands

Advanced Controls

Under the Official Bindings for Vive Controllers you can choose between Default Bindings & Default Advanced Bindings.

Default Vive & Default Advanced Vive vary in gesture control & movement. In Advanced mode, you can click the trackpad to move then release click but continue touching the trackpad to continue moving. Advanced Vive also has a different way of handling gestures with support for soft gesture select behavior.

No touch to move / Emotes are "sticky"

It's likely that you previously used Vive Advanced controls before Input 2.0. Try switching.

Difficulty moving

The default thresholds for movement on Vive controllers require you to hit the edges of the touchpad. You can adjust the trackpad Deadzones to change this.

Accidental jumping

With a mix of adjustments to Overlap percentage & Deadzones on the Trackpad DPADs, you can restore the pre-Input 2.0 zone for jumping.

Physbone posing with grip

At time of writing (8/30/24) Physbone posing is part to the interact action and there's is no way to restore pre-input 2.0 functionality of pose via Grip without sacrificing other functionalities.

Related Canny

Unwanted Action Menu gestures

This is because the Action Menu action set is a copy of the Global action set. If you wish to keep Fist/Open hand functional but prevent the trackpad from firing emotes, you can migrate the actions of Gesture Wheel - Disable Move And Gesture Wheel - Disable Rotate to Touch on their respective Buttons instead of Click. If you want to disable ALL gestures (including fist/open hand) while the action menu is open, you can delete all Gesture Wheel actions from the Action menu action set all together.

Related Canny

Grip isn't doing hand open / Isn't clearing gestures

You're likely missing the Gesture Wheel Cancel Open (Left/Right) actions on your grips as a Button clicks.

Index

Easier object holding

To make it easier to grab and or harder to drop, find the `Grip` Control Source then look for `Grab` & adjust the input settings. Increasing the Grab Threshold will increase the amount of force you must apply to initially pick up the object and the Release Threshold will change the amount of force it must be less than to drop.

Explicit object dropping

To only drop objects with a specific button add the `Drop` action as an input.

Disabling pose gestures

Add the Disable Gesture Tracked action anywhere controller to disable all skeletal hand pose gestures.

Viveified gestures

Using the Touchpad of Index Controllers for gestures like Vive is possible with SteamVR bindings.

You'll need to migrate over all of the actions and buttons from Vive's setup to Index and add the Disable Gesture Tracked function. Binding File via Github. (See install guide)

HP Reverb G2

TODO

TODO: More controller types.