What is it?

The default binding of the Controls found in controller settings is completely data-driven. You can override the defaults for all controllers or specific controller namespaces.

For example, by default, the Jump action is bound to the south face button on all controllers. This is 'A' on Xbox, or 'Cross' on PlayStation. This is defined within the built-in mod resource pack.

Creating the definition

Below is an example that sets 'Jump' to the south button, 'Walk Forward' to pushing the left stick upwards, and unbinding the 'Open Inventory' action.

{
  "defaults": {
    "controlify:jump": {
      "button": "controlify:button/south"
    },
    "controlify:walk_forward": {
      "axis": "controlify:axis/left_stick_up"
    },
    "controlify:inventory": {
      "type": "empty"
    }
  }
}

• If you would like your definition to apply to all controllers, you would put the example in the file /assets/controlify/controllers/default_bind/default.json
• If you would like your definition to apply to a specific controller namespace (e.g. my_resource_pack:switch), you would put the example in the file /assets/my_resource_pack/controllers/default_bind/switch.json

What is not data-driven is the bindings themselves, like controlify:jump. These are registered in code within the mod. Other mods can also register their own actions, like generic_backpack_mod:open_backpack.

For a reference of all built-in bindings, see the Built-in Bindings page.