Mouse Input on dashboard, is it possible?

The Xbox can't be controlled by keyboard and mouse through the Stream mode at all. While it's possible in the Minecraft Bedrock Edition to use Keyboard and mouse, all other games don't accept keyboard and mouse input at all.

You might have to try Minecraft, if you can control it via Keyboard and mouse while streaming to your PC.

A keyboard can be used to navigate the dashboard and input text. Useful for messaging or surfing the web on Edge. I've never tried a mouse, but I would think the use would be limited. Neither can be used to control games.

There is a mouse cursor on the streamed screen. I assume there is a mouse input present which is why the gamepad is ignored.

There are devices that take the input from a mouse and keyboard and translate them into the same input that the console would see from a controller.

They are unauthorized hardware, and using them is prohibited. Even - as far as I know - for games that allow mouse and keyboard.

Hi Kathy,

I just bought a controller today and ran into the same issues - I have some input that may help. I downloaded an app that tracks my keystrokes to see exactly what inputs the controller is sending. Both the Xbox Guide Button and A button are sending the following MOUSE inputs:

LButton (left mouse button)
XButton2 (second "extra" mouse button)

It's interesting because it's not actually behaving as if I'm pressing either of those buttons, but for some reason both Steam and Xbox Game Bar were responding as if I pressed the Xbox Guide button. I turned off both the Game Bar and Steam and the controller is working as expected, BUT every time I press the A button, all my on-screen button icons change to mouse/keyboard inputs because the LButton and XButton2 inputs are mouse inputs. An improvement, but still annoying.

I hope this helps you and the team crack the issue!