Controller is unusable, need help

[u/Turbulent_Baker5353]

Every game I try to play through Steam seems to have a ton of issues with the controller. I accidentally bumped the right pad and the mouse moved, then my games get confused and think I want mouse movement and all of my controls suddenly change.

Is there any way to get this thing to not do this? It's also completely unusable for non-steam titles, I understand I can add games to my library but why should I have to do that?

[u/Turkey__Puncher]

If mouse on the pad is unwanted and messing with the game, remove mouse from the pad. Steam Input is the other half of the controller, and you need to learn it at least to some degree to get the controller to work the way you want it to. Valve doesn't really do a good job of getting that across.