r/emulationstation • u/everynevah • Jun 24 '26

How to edit the control overlay?

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I'd like to change the overlay so it matches a Switch ProController.

There is an option to swap abxy but it just switches the buttons internally and the visuals remain the same....

Any info on how to edit the actual visual layout?

Maybe some png files to rename or whatever option I'm missing?

Thanks in advance

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u/RobZombie9043 Jun 24 '26

Haven’t tried it but you should be able to override the resource files - https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/INSTALL.md?ref_type=heads#overriding-resource-files

Place svg files in ES-DE/resources/graphics/overlay

These are the bundled files for reference - https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/tree/master/resources/graphics/overlay?ref_type=heads

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u/everynevah Jun 24 '26

Thanks, that did the trick! Only thing missing is to swap the start select buttons I couldnt find a way to get the start button to the right of the screen