How to view or edit existing keyboard controls in BlueStacks 4?

This article will acquaint you with existing keyboard controls and also provide an overview of how to edit them to let you play games more aggressively.

This will help you improve the accuracy and response time while playing games on BlueStacks.

Version: 4.150 and above

View existing (default) keyboard controls

In BlueStacks you can map the keys and create the game-specific keyboard controls for most popular games.  These keyboard controls are shipped by default for all BlueStacks releases. In order to access the game guidance window click the 'Bulb' icon as shown below.

The guidance window opens as shown below.

The game controls guidance window consists of description/guidance for the keys mapped in a particular app. It lists all the actions in the app and their assigned keys as shown below.

Keyboard controls overlay: On closing guidance window you will see an overlay for all the keys mapped on the game.

You can toggle key overlay by clicking on the key overlay button. You can also set the opacity for key overlay by moving the slider.

Steps to edit existing keyboard controls 

Some users might want to edit or assigned new keys for convenience. For e.g. AZERTY keyboard user might have to reassign the action assigned to “W” to “Z”.

On launching a game, the control guidance window will come up automatically if default keyboard controls exist for the game. Click on the Edit Keys icon on the bottom-right of the Game Guidance Window.

This will open the 'Advanced game controls' from where you can change keys for the desired action.

In the Advanced game controls, click the any predefined mapped key to change it. OR create a new key to be used for any action. The key changes as shown below.

To save and apply the changes click 'Save Changes' in the bottom right corner of the guidance window.

You can always press "ctrl+shift+H" to see the game guidance window anytime.

Please refer to the given below link to create new key-mappings,

How to create new keyboard controls for a game on BlueStacks 4

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Version: 4.140 and below

View existing (default) keyboard controls

In BlueStacks you can map the keys and create the game-specific keyboard controls for most popular games.  These keyboard controls are shipped by default for all BlueStacks releases. The game guidance screen is automatically displayed if a default key mapping exists for a game.

Game controls guidance window consists of description/guidance for the keys mapped in a particular app. It lists all the actions in the app and their assigned keys.

Game control window consists of two parts - Categories and Keys. The left part is Guidance Category which consists of the group of controls which fall under the same category. For example, Walk, Jump, Scroll, Crouch controls fall under the same category Movement. You can scroll through to see all assigned actions.

Keyboard controls overlay: On closing guidance window you will see an overlay for all the keys mapped on the game

Key-mapping overlay in PUBG

You can toggle key overlay by clicking on the key overlay button. You can also set the opacity for key overlay by sliding up and down.

Key overlay toggle button

Steps to edit existing keyboard controls 

Some users might want to edit or assigned new keys for convenience. For e.g. AZERTY keyboard user might have to reassign the action assigned to “W” to “Z”. This can be done by clicking the Edit Keys icon on the top right of the Game Guidance Window.

On launching a game, control guidance window will come up automatically if default keyboard controls exist for the game. Please click edit from the top right corner to begin editing.

In the edit window, please choose the desired key to change by simply clicking on it, and simply pressing the desired key, Action key will change. You can save the changes by clicking on Save Keys Game Control window with new saved keys will show.

You can always press "ctrl+shift+H" to see the game control guidance screen anytime.

Please refer to the given below link to create new key-mappings,

How to create new keyboard controls for a game on BlueStacks 4

Thank you for choosing BlueStacks! We hope you enjoy using it. If you have any further questions, please contact us at support@bluestacks.com. Happy Gaming!

Last updated on August 5, 2020