Any way to simulate controller in menus while using keyboard?

[DrDungus]

So, I use a controller to play Skyrim on PC, and I'm trying to get a setup going with several mods that add functionality, and the only way I can do it is by having my buttons multitask. For example, tapping B does a dodge roll, holding B sprints. This is easy to set up using Xpadder, which has my controller mimic mouse+keyboard, but the issue is that I have to use keyboard controls for this to work. The problem with keyboard controls is that when I'm in menus, some of the menu relies on the mouse in order to work. So, for example, the start menu has 3 tabs, and in gamepad controls I can use L and R to tab between them. But in keyboard mode, I have to click each tab with my mouse.

All I'm looking for is a way to control menus in keyboard mode like I do when I'm in gamepad mode: tab between tabs using L and R, and be able to click any popups without having to move a mouse cursor over them. Is this possible? It doesn't seem like an extreme thing to try to do.

[IsharaMeradin]

Check this mod out for original Skyrim. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30913

 

There are instructions at the bottom of the description page on how to make the changes yourself (necessary since you are using SSE). Basically it allows keyboard use while in gamepad mode. This would let you use the menus normally with the controller and yet retain the ability to use the keyboard for various mod key inputs as well as any game default key inputs.

[DrDungus]

Check this mod out for original Skyrim. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30913

 

There are instructions at the bottom of the description page on how to make the changes yourself (necessary since you are using SSE). Basically it allows keyboard use while in gamepad mode. This would let you use the menus normally with the controller and yet retain the ability to use the keyboard for various mod key inputs as well as any game default key inputs.

 

Thanks so much! I realized that I can disable the ability for the game to read controller inputs for Jump, Activate, Sprint, and Ready Weapon, and I can just use the hold or tap functions on A, B, X, and Y to activate these through keyboard using Xpadder.