Getting around
Universe Big Screen has four tabs along the top, each with its icon: Home (a house), Library (a grid), Media (photos) and Settings (a gear). LB and RB switch between them. Up from the top of a page reaches the tab bar, with the search glass, the power button and, while a game runs, its badge.
Buttons and keys
Section titled “Buttons and keys”These pages name the buttons by their Xbox letters. The keyboard has a key for each one but HOME.
| Pad | Keyboard | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| A | Enter | Plays, opens or picks what has the focus. Held on a game, it opens the game menu. |
| B | Esc | Goes back. Held, it opens the power menu. |
| X | I | Opens the focused game’s page. |
| Y | F | Adds the focused game to your favourites, or takes it out. |
| LB / RB | Q / E | Previous and next tab. |
| LT / RT | PgUp / PgDn | Previous and next section in Settings and on a game’s settings. |
| Start | F1 | The menu for what has the focus. On a game, that’s the game menu. |
| D-pad, left stick | Arrow keys | Move. |
| Right stick | [ / ] | Scrolls a screenful at a time. |
| HOME | none | Opens the dock over a running game (Playing). |
The hint bar along the bottom lists the buttons the focused item takes, drawn as your pad prints them (Button glyphs). Where a button does something else, it says so.
Search
Section titled “Search”Press A on the search glass in the tab bar. Search finds games and settings as you type.
A on a cover plays the game, and Start opens its menu. A on a setting opens its page on that row. On the on-screen keyboard, X deletes the last letter and B closes search. A physical keyboard types straight in.
Hold B, or press A on the power button in the tab bar.
- Quit Universe closes Universe and the running game.
- Suspend puts the machine to sleep. A running game keeps running.
- Reboot and Power off ask first, and close the running game.
- Stay closes the menu.
Menus and questions
Section titled “Menus and questions”In a menu, Right opens a row marked ›, Left or B goes back, and Start closes the menu. A menu that changes a game’s setting can also offer Y, for all your games. In a question, B answers no.
Mouse and touch
Section titled “Mouse and touch”A click or a tap moves the focus, and a second one acts like A. Buttons, tabs and menu rows act on the first. Press and hold works like holding A, and dragging and the wheel scroll. A right click on a cover opens the game’s menu, and a second one closes it; anywhere else it’s B.
The Switch 2 and PS5 looks are laid out differently: see Looks. There, a right click on a game does what pressing and holding it does.