RetroDECK - Steam Deck: Full Radial Menu System
Is there a quick way to go back to the top of the radial menu system?
Yes, just press on the HKB
trigger buttons: L4
or R4
or Select
Radial Menus
What follows is a breakdown of the Full Radial Menu System that you access on the Steam Decks Left Touchpad
and by pressing the touchpad you activate the selected radial button.
Radial Button
Shows what the hotkey does.
Keyboard Command
Shows what is being sent to the emulator.
System Support
Shows what systems support the command.
Icon
Shows what icon is used.
Comment
Just extra comments.
Main Menu
The Main Menu
is the top menu and gives you access to all the menus below.
Quick Menu
The Quick Menu
or Quick Access Menu
Menu is the most populated menu. It features "best of" options from other menus.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Quit Emulator | Ctrl + Q |
RetroArch Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
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Open Menu | Ctrl + M |
RetroArch Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
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Swap Screens | Ctrl + Tab |
Citra (Legacy) MelonDS (Standalone) Cemu (Standalone) |
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Save State | Ctrl + S |
RetroArch Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
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Take Screenshot | Ctrl + X |
RetroArch Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Restart / Reset | CTRL + R |
RetroArch Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) MelonDS (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Fullscreen Toggle | Ctrl + Enter |
Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) MelonDS (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Load State | Ctrl + A |
RetroArch Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
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Pause / Resume | Ctrl + P |
RetroArch Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) MelonDS (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Escape | ESC |
PC-Systems OpenBOR GZDoom Solarus IkemanGO Ryujinx (Standalone) |
Can be used to Quick / Open Menu on certain systems |
State Menu
The State Menu
is the menu where you handle anything to do with saving and loading states.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Load State | Ctrl + A |
RetroArch Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
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Previous State | Ctrl + J |
RetroArch Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
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Undo Save State | Ctrl + 9 |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) |
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Save State | Ctrl + S |
RetroArch Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
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Next State | Ctrl + K |
RetroArch Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
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Undo Load State | Ctrl + 8 |
Dolphin/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 |
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Fastforward | Ctrl + + |
RetroArch Duckstation (Standalone) MelonDS (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) |
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Rewind | CTRL + - |
RetroArch Duckstation (Standalone) |
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Increase Emulation Speed | CTRL + 1 |
Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) |
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Decrease Emulation Speed | CTRL + 2 |
Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) |
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Reset Emulation Speed | CTRL + 3 |
Duckstation (Standalone) |
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Disable Emulation Speed Limit | CTRL + 0 |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Frame limit On/Off | CTRL + Z |
PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
Display / Graphics Menu
The Display / Graphics Menu
is where you find anything related to: up-scaling/resolution scaling, widescreen or change aspect ratio, fullscreen, swap or change dual screen layout.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Increase Resolution / Upscale | Ctrl + U |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) |
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Decrease Resolution / Upscale | Ctrl + Y |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) |
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Change Widescreen / Aspect Ratio | Ctrl + W |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) |
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Fullscreen Toggle | Ctrl + Enter |
Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) MelonDS (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Swap Screens | Ctrl + Tab |
Citra (Legacy) MelonDS (Standalone) Cemu (Standalone) |
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Change Dual Screens Layout | Ctrl + L |
Citra (Legacy) |
General Menu
The General Menu
or General Emulation Menu
is where you find various global generic emulation hotkeys: Quit/Exit, Restart, Take Screenshot, Change CD, Pause, Turbo Input, Cheats and Video Recording.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Quit Emulator | Ctrl + Q |
RetroArch Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Open Menu | Ctrl + M |
RetroArch Duckstation (Standalone)``PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Take Screenshot | Ctrl + X |
RetroArch Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) MelonDS (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Restart / Reset | CTRL + R |
RetroArch Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) MelonDS (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Change Disc / Next Disc | CTRL + D |
RetroArch Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) |
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Cheats On/Off | CTRL + C |
RetroArch Duckstation (Standalone) |
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Pause / Resume | Ctrl + P |
RetroArch Citra (Legacy) Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) Duckstation (Standalone) MelonDS (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Turbo On/Off | Ctrl + T |
Duckstation (Standalone) |
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Video Recording On/Off | Ctrl + V |
RetroArch Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) PCSX2 (Standalone) PPSSPP (Standalone) |
Steam Deck Menu
The Steam Deck Menu
is where you find Steam Deck specific functions and general PC hotkeys.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Escape | ESC |
PC-Systems OpenBOR GZDoom Solarus IkemanGO Ryujinx (Standalone) |
Can be used to Quick / Open Menu on certain systems | |
Enter | Enter |
PC-Systems OpenBOR GZDoom Solarus IkemanGO Ryujinx (Standalone) |
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Space | Space |
PC-Systems |
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Tab | Tab |
PC-Systems |
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Shift | Shift |
PC-Systems |
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Control | Ctrl |
PC-Systems |
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/ | / |
PC-Systems |
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Alt | Alt |
PC-Systems |
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F1 | F1 |
PC-Systems |
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F4 | F4 |
PC-Systems |
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F5 | F5 |
PC-Systems |
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F8 | F8 |
PC-Systems |
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F10 | F10 |
PC-Systems |
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Take Steam Screenshot | none |
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Show Steam Deck Keyboard | none |
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Alt + F4 | Alt + F4 |
Emulator Specific Menu
The Specific Menu
or Emulator Specific Menu
opens up several system/emulator specific sub-menus. Here you will find hotkeys not so commonly used but could be good to have easy access to:
Switch Menu
The Switch Menu
here you find hotkeys related to Yuzu (Legacy)
and soon Ryujinx
.
Note: Ryujinx is working on better hotkeys and no support yet and Yuzu have been removed from RetroDECK.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Change GPU Accuracy | Alt + G |
Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Load / Remove Amiibo | Alt + M |
Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Docked / Undocked Mode | Alt + D |
Yuzu (Legacy) |
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Open Menu Ryujinx - F4 | F4 |
Ryujinx (Standalone) |
MAME Menu
The MAME Menu
here find hotkeys related to the MAME (Standalone)
multi-emulator.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Service Mode | Alt + S + 0 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Service Button 1 | Alt + S + 1 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Service Button 2 | Alt + S + 2 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Service Button 3 | Alt + S + 3 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Service Button 4 | Alt + S + 4 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Insert Bill / Note | Alt + B + 1 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Tilt - Player 1 | Alt + T + 1 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Tilt - Player 2 | Alt + T + 2 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Tilt - Player 3 | Alt + T + 3 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Tilt - Player 4 | Alt + T + 4 |
MAME (Standalone) |
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Tilt | Alt + T + 0 |
MAME (Standalone) |
RetroArch Menu
The RetroArch Menu
in here you find hotkeys related to the RetroArch
multi-emulator.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Next Cheat | Ctrl + G |
RetroArch |
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Previous Cheat | Ctrl + F |
RetroArch |
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Cheats On/Off | Ctrl + C |
RetroArch |
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AI Service On/Off | Ctrl + I |
RetroArch |
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Netplay Host On/Off | Ctrl + H |
RetroArch |
Gamecube / Wii Menu
The Gamecube / Wii Menu
in here you find hotkeys related to the Dolphin / Primehack (Standalone)
emulator.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Wii Sync Button | Alt + W |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Golf Mode On/Off | Alt + H |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Freelook Mode On/Off | Alt + F |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Wiimote Upright | Alt + Z |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Wiimote Sideways | Alt + X |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Freelook Mode Reset | Alt + R |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Wiimote Sync - Player 1 | Alt + W + 1 |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Wiimote Sync - Player 2 | Alt + W + 2 |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Wiimote Sync - Player 3 | Alt + W + 3 |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
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Wiimote Sync - Player 4 | Alt + W + 4 |
Dolphin/Primehack (Standalone) |
NDS Menu
The NDS Menu
in here you find hotkeys related to the MelonDS (Standalone)
emulator.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Close/Open Lid | Alt + L |
MelonDS (Standalone) |
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Sunlight + | Alt + + |
MelonDS (Standalone) |
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Sunlight - | Alt + - |
MelonDS (Standalone) |
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Play Microphone | Alt + P |
MelonDS (Standalone) |
3DS Menu
The 3DS Menu
in here you find hotkeys related to the Citra (Legacy Standalone) and Citra-core.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Load Amiibo | Alt + M |
Citra (Legacy) |
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Remove Amiibo | Alt + N |
Citra (Legacy) |
GZDoom Menu
The GZDoom Menu
in here you find cheat hotkeys for DOOM.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Give all Items | IDFA |
GZDOOM |
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Give all Items + Keys | IDKFA |
GZDOOM |
ScummVM Menu
The ScummVM Menu
in here you find general hotkeys for ScummVM games.
Radial Button | Keyboard Command | System Support | Icon | Comment |
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Open | O |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Close | C |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Fight | F |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Use | U |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Pick-Up | P |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Push / Shove | S |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Pull / Yank | Y |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Look-At | L |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Give | G |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |
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Move | M |
ScummVM ScummVM (Standalone) |