PS5 Controller Test

A DualSense-specific diagram: △✕□○, symmetrical sticks, triggers and touchpad, visualized live. DS4 / DS4Windows users welcome.

No gamepad detected

Connect your controller via USB or Bluetooth, then press any button on it to wake the page up.

Stick axes —

Buttons pressed —

Why this tester

A true-to-scale DualSense with the classic four-color △✕□○ outlines, symmetrical sticks and a touchpad that lights up on click.

The browser maps a touchpad tap to button 17, so the on-screen touchpad lights up as you tap it — a DualSense interaction no other pad has.

PS5 and PS4 pads test over USB or Bluetooth; on Windows, use DS4Windows if the browser cannot see the pad.

All detection happens in your browser; your input never leaves your device.

01 · Connect the controller
Plug it in via USB-C, or long-press the PS + Share buttons to pair over Bluetooth.
02 · Press a button (required)
Browsers only expose gamepad data after you physically press any button on the pad.
03 · Test against the screen
Press △✕□○, bumpers, triggers, both sticks and the D-pad, checking the animation mirrors your input.
04 · Touchpad spot-check
Tap the touchpad — the on-screen area should light up, confirming the DualSense’s signature input.

Symmetrical sticks: DualSense’s equal-height sticks flanking the center — the PlayStation signature, unlike Xbox’s offset layout.
Adaptive triggers: L2/R2 with programmable resistance (bow draw, brake feel). A hardware feature; web APIs cannot read the resistance state.
Haptic feedback: Dual linear motors give fine-grained rumble. Web pages can neither trigger nor read it — feel it in PS5 games.
Touchpad: The central capacitive pad supports clicks and gestures; Chrome maps a click to button 17, which this page lights up.
Gyroscope: Six-axis motion sensing for tilt aiming. Not exposed to the web, so this page does not test it.

Drift, touchpad sensitivity and button feel — all in one pass, before the return window closes.

Confirm the touchpad click registers and the triggers read linearly, with no ghost presses.

Verify no latency or ghost presses over the Bluetooth channel before relying on it.

Rule out gyro failure before blaming a drifting stick for bad tilt aiming.

Windows drives DualSense as non-XInput. Install DS4Windows to emulate an Xbox pad so the browser can read it.

Use a Chromium browser (Chrome / Edge) over USB; some platforms hide the touchpad click over Bluetooth.

WD-40 precision electronics cleaner sprayed into the stick base as a stopgap; persistent drift needs a stick-module swap.

Crowded 2.4 GHz (headsets, other devices) causes drops — fall back to a USB connection for stability.

Can the page test adaptive triggers?

No. Web APIs only see button state and analog values, not resistance feedback — verify trigger feel in PS5 games.

Why do I need DS4Windows?

Windows does not drive DualSense as a standard gamepad. DS4Windows emulates XInput so browsers can read the pad.

What does the touchpad click map to?

Chrome maps a touchpad tap to button 17 (standard mapping); the on-screen touchpad lights up accordingly.

Can the gyroscope be tested?

No — web standards do not expose controller motion data, so this page does not offer gyro testing.

Stick will not re-center?

Tiny offsets are normal tolerance. A large offset that never re-centers is drift — clean or replace the stick module.