Gamepad not working in browser

[ihatetoregister]

Describe The Bug

I want to navigate the jellyfin web UI with gamepad.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Connect game controller
2. Load the jellyfish web UI in brower (tested wit Safari and Firefox)
3. Try navigate UI with game controller

Expected Behavior

Navigate UI with game controller

Logs

Can be provided on request

Screenshots

System (please complete the following information):

• Platform: Server (Linux, Ubunu), Client (MacOS)
• Browser: Safari and Firefox
• Jellyfin Version: 10.8.13

Additional Context

Trying to figure out why it does not work as the feature is supposed to implemented:

jellyfin-web/src/scripts/settings/appSettings.js

Line 27 in 1711664

enableGamepad(val) {

jellyfin-web/src/scripts/gamepadtokey.js

Line 88 in 1711664

_ButtonPressedState.setgamepadB = function (newPressedState) {

jellyfin-web/src/scripts/keyboardNavigation.js

Line 200 in 1711664

// Gamepad initialisation. No script is required if no gamepads are present at init time, saving a bit of resources.

Could not find the setting mentioned, maybe I'm just blind. I just have a feeling this is not implemented in the server itself, but in the desktop app layer? Could someone confirm this?

Game pad is working fine with Xbox Cloud Gaming and this test page:
https://gamepadtester.net/

Related
#5016

[ihatetoregister]

Ok, after a few hours of fiddling it seem to work, it's just very well hidden. For future reference, here is how to enable it:

1. Setting -> Display -> Display mode: TV
2. Reload
3. Settings -> Controller -> Enable gamepad
4. Reload

Could we enable this by default maybe?

[dmitrylyzo]

Could we enable this by default maybe?

No. TV mode is designed for TVs. It lacks some features that Desktop and Mobile have. For example, there's no Dashboard.
So it is up to the user to enable the TV mode.

In case you are using Jellyfin Media Player: AFAIK, you can run it with the "tv" option (not sure what it's called), then TV mode will be selected automatically.

FYI, keyboard (gamepad) navigation is only available in TV mode, as there is no focus indicator in Desktop and Mobile.