I have never accidentally turned on Big Picture mode.
Stop pushing random buttons and then you won't have to deal with it.

Originally posted by CJ Keef:

I would like this too, steam for some reason turns on big-picture whenever my controller turns off and I'd rather have an option to disable big-picture entirely.

I turn my controllers on and off quite often and BPM never turns on for me.

I second this request. Especially as there doesn't seem to be a way out of it either! (except for alt-f4)

Originally posted by deepestsleep:

I second this request. Especially as there doesn't seem to be a way out of it either! (except for alt-f4)

You'll need to download a skin that removes the button or remove it yourself

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If, for any reason, my PC restarts, it starts up automatically in big picture mode. A minor inconvenience, to be sure, but I'd still like to disable it altogether.

There's a very good use case for BPM: Playing on a TV where you stream the game to.

However, a lot of folks will never encounter this use case.

It is perhaps expected that a good portion of those who do, will not be the most computer savvy folk. They just want to play games on a widescreen TV sitting in a couch.

So... BPM should exist. There's an argument for it being 'auto-switchable-to' by default. (me English gud. :-p )

I do appreciate that Valve is offering this feature. If you want the feature, it seems to work very well.

But...

There's no argument against having a simple setting that permanently disables/enables this feature.

Valve, you've dropped the ball there.

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Stop pushing random buttons and then you won't have to deal with it.

Your advice is as helpful as "If you're homeless, just buy a house"

Yeah, that feature's a pain. I misclicked once and for me it was hard quest get back to the vanilla version 😫

I'd settle for a confirmation box instead of just opening.

Big Picture Mode isn’t the issue. It’s the silly start up and exiting out of it that feels like it’s forever.

Hit the power icon then select exit big picture, make sure the toggle is set to off then you should not have it start, i use big picture on a tv and its perfect for that, and as i do most of my gaming on steam having it turn on is sometimes ideal too.