Steam Client Update Released

[Brick Tamland]

A new Steam client has been released and will be automatically downloaded.

General

• Fixed friends chat and other UI being visible when authorizing an in-game mictransaction
  

New Steam Chat

• Unread messages or active voice chats will now update your Steam tray/taskbar icons to indicate these states
  
• When displaying a Steam store link in a chat window, extra information about the game, such as screenshots, video and price, are now displayed in the chat history
  

Windows

• Significantly improved performance and decreased memory usage for HTML based UI (Store, Community, etc) in the main Steam desktop window
  

Steam Input

• Added the ability to change controller type in the “Define Layout” screen. This only affects the glyphs and configurations recommended for the device and the limits of whatever low-level API the controller is read through still apply. For example if a PS4 controller is currently treated as an Xbox controller because of a driver or non-Steam Input remapping software presenting the device over Xinput reclassifying it to a PS4 controller will only correct the glyphs and the gyro/trackpad will not work.
  
• Fixed an issue with devices with digital triggers and buttons bound to trigger outputs
  
• Added Steam Input per-game settings to the desktop client’s game properties page.
  

In-Home Streaming

• Streaming from Mac OS X Mojave is currently disabled
  

Big Picture Mode

• Added the new chat functionality to Big Picture Mode. If you’re using a custom Big Picture Mode controller configuration please update to the new recommended configuration under Settings->Base Configurations->Big Picture Mode. Hit X/Square to browse configurations and apply the recommended configuration.
  
• Added "Invite to Game" action to Big Picture chat
  
• Chat scaling is now done automatically based on whether Big Picture is running on a large monitor (>40" diagonal) or running in VR with the option to override regular and VR scaling settings individually
  
• Default chat controller bindings for Steam Controller/Xbox are:
  
  • Left Trackpad/Stick: Scroll the UI, press to show/hide the friends list
    
  • Long press of joystick/D-pad press:
    
    • Up: Invite currently selected chat friend to game
      
    • Down: Close the current chat tab
      
    • Left/Right: Switch between chat tabs
      
  • Right Trackpad/Stick: Mouse cursor, press to show/hide the on-screen keyboard
    
  • X: Accept game invite from friend
    
  • Y: Start/end voice chat
    
  • B: Exit chat panel
    
  • A: Select item under cursor
    
  • Start: Submit entered text
    
  • Back: Open emoticon list
    
  • Left Bumper: Switch to web browser
    
  • Right Bumper: Return to main menu
    
  • Left Trigger: Open context menu under cursor
    
  • Right Trigger: Click/double click at cursor
    

VR

• The VR overlay keyboard is now opened when the Show Keyboard button is activated
  
• Added a Back button to the left of the Show Keyboard button that shows while running in VR
  

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