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RetroDECK - Full Radial Menu System

Is there a quick way to go back to the top of the radial menu system?

Yes, simply press one of the following buttons on the HKB trigger buttons: L4, R4, or Select.

Radial Menus

Below is a breakdown of the Full Radial Menu System that you can access on the Steam Deck. To use the radial menu:

  • Steam Deck: Use the Left Touchpad to bring up the radial menu. Then, press the touchpad to activate the selected radial button.

Column Definitions

  • Radial Button: Describes what action the hotkey performs.
  • Keyboard Command: Shows what key or combination is sent to the component.
  • System Support: Lists the systems or components that support the command.
  • Icon: Displays the corresponding icon for the action.
  • Comment: Provides any additional information or comments regarding the hotkey.

The Main Menu is the top menu and gives you access to all the menus below.

Display / Graphics Menu

Hotkeys related to Display / Graphics.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Change Dual Screens Layout Ctrl + L
  • Azahar
Change Widescreen / Aspect Ratio Ctrl + W
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PrimeHack (Standalone)
Decrease Resolution / Upscale Ctrl + Y
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PrimeHack (Standalone)
Fullscreen Toggle Ctrl + Enter
  • Azahar
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PrimeHack (Standalone)
Increase Resolution / Upscale Ctrl + U
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PrimeHack (Standalone)
Swap Screens Ctrl + Tab
  • Azahar
  • Cemu (Standalone)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)

General Menu

Generic and General Hotkeys.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Change Disc / Next Disc CTRL + D
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • RetroArch
Cheats On/Off CTRL + C
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • RetroArch
Open Menu Ctrl + M
  • Azahar
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • RPCS3
  • RetroArch
Pause / Resume Ctrl + P
  • Azahar
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Quit component Ctrl + Q
  • Azahar
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
  • Ruffle
Restart / Reset CTRL + R
  • Azahar
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Take Screenshot Ctrl + X
  • Azahar
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Turbo On/Off Ctrl + T
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
Video Recording On/Off Ctrl + V
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch

Quick Menu

Features "best of" hotkeys from other menus.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Escape ESC
  • GZDoom
  • IkemanGO
  • OpenBOR
  • PC-Systems
  • Ryubing (Standalone)
  • Ruffle
  • Solarus
 Can be used to Quick / Open Menu on certain systems
Fullscreen Toggle Ctrl + Enter
  • Azahar
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • RPCS3
Load State Ctrl + A
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Open Menu Ctrl + M
  • Azahar
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RPCS3
  • RetroArch
Pause / Resume Ctrl + P
  • Azahar
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Quit component Ctrl + Q
  • Azahar
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
  • Ruffle
Restart / Reset Ctrl + R
  • Azahar
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Save State Ctrl + S
  • Azahar
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Swap Screens Ctrl + Tab
  • Azahar
  • Cemu (Standalone)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
Take Screenshot Ctrl + X
  • Azahar
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch

State Menu

Hotkeys related to saving and loading states.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Load State Ctrl + A
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Next State Ctrl + K
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Previous State Ctrl + J
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Save State Ctrl + S
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • PPSSPP (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Undo Load State Ctrl + 8
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Undo Save State Ctrl + 9
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)

Speed / Frames Menu

The Speed / Frames Menu is where you find anything related to: emulation speed, frame limits, fast forwarding, and rewinding.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Decrease Emulation Speed CTRL + 2
  • Azahar
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
Disable Emulation Speed Limit CTRL + 0
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Fast Forward Ctrl + +
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
  • RetroArch
Frame Limit On/Off CTRL + Z
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
Increase Emulation Speed CTRL + 1
  • Azahar
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • PCSX2 (Standalone)
Rewind CTRL + -
  • Duckstation (Legacy)
  • RetroArch
Reset Emulation Speed CTRL + 3
  • Duckstation (Legacy)

Steam Deck / PC Menu

Steam Deck specific hotkeys and PC hotkeys.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Alt Alt
  • PC-Systems
Alt + F4 Alt + F4
  • PC-Systems
Control Ctrl
  • PC-Systems
Enter Enter
  • GZDoom
  • IkemanGO
  • OpenBOR
  • PC-Systems
  • Ryubing (Standalone)
  • Solarus
Escape ESC
  • GZDoom
  • IkemanGO
  • OpenBOR
  • PC-Systems
  • Ruffle
  • Ryubing (Standalone)
  • Solarus
 Can be used to Quick / Open Menu on certain systems
F1 F1
  • PC-Systems
F4 F4
  • PC-Systems
F5 F5
  • PC-Systems
F8 F8
  • PC-Systems
F10 F10
  • PC-Systems
Shift Shift
  • PC-Systems
Slash (/) /
  • PC-Systems
Space Space
  • PC-Systems
Tab Tab
  • PC-Systems
Show Steam Deck Keyboard none
  • Steam Deck
Take Steam Screenshot none
  • Steam Dec

Component Specific Menu

The Component Specific Menu opens up several system/component-specific sub-menus.

Azahar Menu

Hotkeys for Azahar.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Load Amiibo Alt + M
  • Azahar
Remove Amiibo Alt + N
  • Azahar

Dolphin / Primehack Menu

Hotkeys for Dolphin-SA and Primehack.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Freelook Mode On/Off Alt + F
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Freelook Mode Reset Alt + R
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Golf Mode On/Off Alt + H
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Wii Sync Button Alt + W
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Wiimote Sideways Alt + X
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Wiimote Sync - Player 1 Alt + W + 1
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Wiimote Sync - Player 2 Alt + W + 2
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Wiimote Sync - Player 3 Alt + W + 3
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Wiimote Sync - Player 4 Alt + W + 4
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)
Wiimote Upright Alt + Z
  • Dolphin (Standalone)
  • Primehack (Standalone)

GZDoom Menu

Cheat hotkeys for GZDoom.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Give all Items IDFA
  • GZDoom
Give all Items + Keys IDKFA
  • GZDoom

MAME Menu

Hotkeys for MAME (Standalone).

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Insert Bill / Note Alt + B + 1
  • MAME (Standalone)
Service Button 1 Alt + S + 1
  • MAME (Standalone)
Service Button 2 Alt + S + 2
  • MAME (Standalone)
Service Button 3 Alt + S + 3
  • MAME (Standalone)
Service Button 4 Alt + S + 4
  • MAME (Standalone)
Service Mode Alt + S + 0
  • MAME (Standalone)
Tilt Alt + T + 0
  • MAME (Standalone)
Tilt - Player 1 Alt + T + 1
  • MAME (Standalone)
Tilt - Player 2 Alt + T + 2
  • MAME (Standalone)
Tilt - Player 3 Alt + T + 3
  • MAME (Standalone)
Tilt - Player 4 Alt + T + 4
  • MAME (Standalone)

MelonDS Menu

Hotkeys for MelonDS (Standalone).

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Close/Open Lid Alt + L
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
Play Microphone Alt + P
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
Sunlight + Alt + +
  • MelonDS (Standalone)
Sunlight - Alt + -
  • MelonDS (Standalone)

RetroArch Menu

Hotkeys for RetroArch.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
AI Service On/Off Ctrl + I
  • RetroArch
Cheats On/Off Ctrl + C
  • RetroArch
Netplay Host On/Off Ctrl + H
  • RetroArch
Next Cheat Ctrl + G
  • RetroArch
Previous Cheat Ctrl + F
  • RetroArch

ScummVM Menu

Hotkeys for ScummVM.

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Close C
  • ScummVM
Fight F
  • ScummVM
Give G
  • ScummVM
Look-At L
  • ScummVM
Move M
  • ScummVM
Open O
  • ScummVM
Pick-Up P
  • ScummVM
Push / Shove S
  • ScummVM
Pull / Yank Y
  • ScummVM
Use U
  • ScummVM

Switch Menu

Hotkeys for Ryubing (Standalone).

Radial Button Keyboard Command System Support Icon Comment
Change GPU Accuracy Alt + G
  • -
Docked / Undocked Mode Alt + D
  • -
Load / Remove Amiibo Alt + M
  • -
Open Menu Ryubing - F4 F4
  • Ryubing (Standalone)