Hello BlueRobotics Community: I made a custom widget that mapped the keyboard input (WAD) and send over to the FC as a RC_CHANNELS_OVERRIDE packet. It’s missing a S because my boat can’t go backward (sadly). You can modify it easily. I got the idea from monitoring the packets send from my Radiomas…

Tried here! Super cool! [image] Can I make two suggestions? Make it so the container adapts to the size of the widget instance, centering the main container (red border) and have a transparent background (so that grey area does not appear). Since there are some parts to be configured, it would …

Thanks for your reply and feedback! Will work on this after I finish other work at hands HAHAHA :folded_hands: :star_struck:

check this out ! advanced-control-widget.json (5.6 KB)

Alex, I believe you uploaded the same file! This one is identical to the first.

Yo Rafael check this out! diy-widget-config1.0.json (12.7 KB)

The widget itself is much better now! Nice work! [image] On the other hand, a black rectangle appeared in the top-left corner of my screen. It appears to be the configuration menu of the widget. There seems to be no way of closing it now :sweat_smile: [image]

@alexgosleep a tip: if you just remove the top and left CSS attributes from the config-modal element, it will work: [image]

Custom Widget to Send Keyboard Input From Cockpit

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alexgosleep (Alex) July 1, 2026, 2:06am 10

Yoo rafael, thanks for the tip!!

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