Xmouse

When playing games on your PC with a controller, you sometimes need to do things that would require a mouse and keyboard. Of course, putting down your gamepad is not very convenient, especially if you are relaxing on the couch.

Xmouse is a small, portable application that provides you with a neat solution – it lets you bind mouse and keyboard actions to an Xbox controller so that you never have to put down the gamepad.

The program is distributed as a single executable file, and you don’t need to install anything before using it. Your profiles can also be saved anywhere you prefer, making the application fully portable.

Xmouse comes with a default set of bindings that should be suitable for most users. Of course, you can customize all of them if something is not to your liking.

With this program, you can have your gamepad control mouse movement, scrolling and clicks, as well as a number of functions that normally require a keyboard.

Among the things you can configure your gamepad to do, we can mention copying, pasting, showing the desktop and using the back and forward browser functions.

Everything is customizable, including the cursor and scrolling speed. You can even set up a trigger that speeds up the mouse while it is held down.

Naturally, there aren’t a lot of situations when using your controller as a mouse and keyboard would be necessary, but it happens fairly often if you are a gamer. Xmouse can definitely get the job done, and it can be configured and put to use in seconds.

However, it has to be said that the user interface is somewhat outdated, and you also cannot send the application to the system tray, so it is not as unobtrusive as we would have liked.