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Quick Menu

Jason Burgeson edited this page Aug 11, 2026 · 3 revisions

Quick Menu

The Quick Menu is SteamShell's controller-first surface. It draws over whatever is in front — Steam Big Picture, a game, or the desktop — and closes back to it.

Controls: D-pad moves · A selects · B goes back · Left/Right adjusts a value without leaving the row · Delete closes the selected window on the Task Switcher page · Home/End jump to the first and last row.

Every row shows its live value on the right, so the menu is a status readout as much as a control panel.

Quick Menu main page

The top level. Every row shows its current value on the right, so the menu doubles as a status readout — you can see the active audio device, resolution, refresh rate, scale and RTSS state without selecting anything.

Quick Menu main page over Steam Big Picture

Audio

Output device, volume and mute. Left/Right cycles the output device in place; there is no separate dialog to get lost in.

Quick Menu Audio page showing Output, Volume and Mute

Display & HDR

HDR, resolution, refresh rate and scale, read live from Windows DisplayConfig. Apply commits the selection and shows CURRENT when what is on screen already matches.

Quick Menu Display and HDR page showing HDR off, 3840x2160, 60 Hz, 300 percent scale

RTSS & Performance

Overlay on/off and the frame limit, driven through RivaTuner Statistics Server. Save Limit To Profile writes the cap to the foreground game's own RTSS profile — the status text tells you what it would target right now.

Quick Menu RTSS and Performance page showing Overlay on and a 158 FPS preset frame limit

Current App

Per-application actions for whatever was in front when the menu opened: add it to automatic mouse mode, keep it always in focus, protect it from Launcher Cleanup, or exclude it from desktop mouse mode.

Quick Menu Current App page showing Automatic Mouse, Always In Focus, Protect From Cleanup and Exclude From Desktop Mouse

System

Exit Steam to the desktop, see what the window engine currently scores as a game, close SteamShell, or sleep, restart and shut down the machine.

Quick Menu System page showing Exit Steam To Desktop, Game Detection, Current Application, Exit SteamShell, Sleep, Restart PC and Shut Down

Settings submenu

The settings a controller can reach without a keyboard, grouped the same way the desktop editor is. Open Full Settings Editor hands off to the desktop window when you need a key that is not here.

Quick Menu Settings submenu listing General, Controller, Focus, RTSS, Windows Settings and Open Full Settings Editor

Settings → General & Startup

Startup splash, taskbar hiding and the black desktop background. Rows that only take effect on the next boot say so rather than pretending to apply now.

Quick Menu General and Startup page showing Startup Splash, Hide Taskbar In Shell, Black Desktop Background and Quick Menu Accent

Settings → Controller & Cursor

Controller mouse mode and speed, cursor auto-hide and delay, and where the pointer parks when it gets out of the way.

Quick Menu Controller and Cursor page showing Controller Mouse, speed, Auto-Hide Cursor, hide delay and mouse parking

Settings → Focus & Windows

The shell half: Steam refocus, Game Foreground Assist, AlwaysFocus and the coordinated window engine, with the live state of the current focus-assistance session.

Quick Menu Focus and Windows page showing Steam Refocus, Game Foreground Assist, AlwaysFocus Support and Window Management

Settings → RTSS & Performance

Whether RTSS integration is on, how the overlay and limiter controls are bound, and the preset frame cap the Quick Menu offers.

Quick Menu RTSS and Performance settings page showing RTSS Integration, Overlay Controls, Frame Limiter Controls and Preset Frame Cap

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