[2.1.9] Text input is making UI unresponsive on Steam Deck
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2026 6:14 pm
Hi, I've wanted yo try out the experimental version on my latest save and noticed that Steam Deck virtual keyboard started appearing when I was selecting a constant for some circuit condition in agricultural tower, while I am playing with keyboard and mouse. I switched to desktop mode and certain UI dialogs are unresponsive.
For example if I want to set when to enable harvesting and I click on left button to pick the signal, the new menu works fine. You can see that spidertron details are shown.
But when I click on right button to define constant, the whole menu is not responsive to mouse button. I can't click on any signal, tab, slider, "Set constant" button, drag the menu. But the focus on text input allows me to set a value via keyboard. Just the mouse does not work. Below the cursor is again hoovering on spidertron but cursor is removed from screenshot...
Then I noticed that this problem occurs on any menu which has a focus on some text input, like Save menu. I believe it has something to do with Steam Deck virtual keyboard, which is disabling the mouse cursor. On game mode I can close the virtual keyboard and it seems to work fine, but on desktop mode there is no virtual keyboard to close so I am stuck.
if I switch version from experimental to stable there is no problem with UI, thus I am raising it as a bug.
For example if I want to set when to enable harvesting and I click on left button to pick the signal, the new menu works fine. You can see that spidertron details are shown.
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if I switch version from experimental to stable there is no problem with UI, thus I am raising it as a bug.