Controls and Dual Screens
Every screen works with a controller, and its footer always lists the buttons that do something there.
| Button | Also accepted | Role |
|---|---|---|
| A | Enter, D-pad center | Confirm, open, grab / place |
| B | Back | Back, cancel, close. On Home: edit the selected game |
| X | Tools (in a save), File (on Home), Actions (Bank, multi-select) | |
| Y | Save data (in a save), Link (on Home), Mark (Bank) | |
| L / R | Previous / next box, page, pouch or section. Hold to repeat | |
| + (Start) | Menu | Menu for the selected Pokémon, Settings on Home |
| − (Select) | Multi-select, page turn on the second screen | |
| D-pad | Move the cursor |
PKForge uses the buttons as Android reports them. There is no remapping screen.
Touch works everywhere too. In boxes: tap to select, tap again to grab, tap the destination to place. Tapping an empty slot opens the add sheet. The ends of the box bar change box.
On handhelds with a second screen (AYN Thor, AYANEO, Retroid, Anbernic and other devices exposing a second display), PKForge uses the lower screen as a companion:
| On the main screen | On the second screen |
|---|---|
| Home | The art of the highlighted game |
| A box, the Bank | The full inspector of the Pokémon under the cursor: Info, Stats, Moves, Origin, Legal |
| The summary | The box, to jump between Pokémon |
| Pokédex pickers | The Pokédex entry of the highlighted species |
| Poképark | The field journal |
| Dex Autopilot | The route map |
- Settings > Misc > Second screen: OFF keeps PKForge on one screen, for example to run an emulator on the other.
- If PKForge is launched on the lower screen, it moves itself to the main one.
- If the second screen fails to start, PKForge turns it off for the session and carries on with one screen.