Keypresses assigned to joystick in Retroarch are not suppressed

[JabberwockPL]

If keys are mapped in Retroarch as joystick input and the keys are different than the internal Atari800 assignments, the keys are not suppressed (captured), so the emulator still detects them. This causes issues in such games like Bruce Lee, which pauses on each keypress.

[JabberwockPL]

Actually, keys mapped in Retroarch as joystick input are not seen by the core at all. If retroarch.cfg has the entry:
input_player1_r = "enter"
then the core should see each Enter press as pressing controller input R. Unfortunately, that does not happen.

[JabberwockPL]

I have reconfigured the system and can confirm that Atari Joystick assignments in Retroarch do not work on my device (ARM Angstrom Linux device). Only joystick, A and B buttons work (but they also send keys, which makes Bruce Lee unplayable), other controller inputs are not detected.

[JabberwockPL]

I have checked this on my PC and the behavior is the same: if RetroPad is configured to receive inputs from keyboard, the mappings do not work.

[greenchili2]

Go into the Retroarch Settings->Input menu and set "Auto Enable 'Game Focus' mode to ON. This will disable any connected keyboard from sending input to Atari800. When you DO want keypresses to go to it then hit the SCROLL LOCK key to toggle Game Focus mode on/off.