From 0ac24d776e279de7efa142fe610908b777cb79ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Oros <JustinOros@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 15:14:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Fix=20gamepad=20letter=20selection=20on=20name?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20screen=20=E2=80=94=20dispatch=20pointerdown=20instead=20of?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20click?=
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 game.js | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/game.js b/game.js
index 515133b..8a75706 100644
--- a/game.js
+++ b/game.js
@@ -666,10 +666,13 @@ class Game {
         keys.forEach((k, i) => k.style.outline = i === c ? '2px solid #f8c030' : '');
       }
 
-      if (justPressed(0)) { /* A — select letter */
-        keys[this._gpKeyCursor]?.click();
+      if (justPressed(0) || justPressed(1)) { /* A or B — select highlighted letter */
+        const key = keys[this._gpKeyCursor];
+        if (key) {
+          key.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true, isPrimary: true }));
+        }
       }
-      if (justPressed(1) || justPressed(2)) { /* B or X — delete */
+      if (justPressed(2)) { /* X — delete */
         this.delChar();
       }
       if (justPressed(9) || justPressed(8)) { /* Start or Select — confirm name */