[Unity] Toggle Play Mode with Gamepad Buttons

PlaymodeGamepadToggle.cs

#if UNITY_EDITOR && ENABLE_INPUT_SYSTEM
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

namespace Project.Editor
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Toggles play mode when pressing both Start and Select.
    ///     You may alter the trigger at the <see cref="IsGamepadPressed" />> method.
    /// </summary>
    [InitializeOnLoad]
    public static class PlayModeGamepadToggle
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///     GameObject that holds the <see cref="ToggleComponent" />.
        /// </summary>
        private static GameObject _toggleObject;

        static PlayModeGamepadToggle()
        {
            EditorApplication.update += Update;
            EditorApplication.playModeStateChanged += OnPlayModeStateChanged;
        }

        private static void Update()
        {
            if (EditorApplication.isPlaying) return;

            if (IsGamepadPressed()) EditorApplication.EnterPlaymode();
        }

        private static void OnPlayModeStateChanged(PlayModeStateChange state)
        {
            switch (state)
            {
                case PlayModeStateChange.EnteredPlayMode:
                    _toggleObject = new GameObject("ToggleComponent") { hideFlags = HideFlags.HideAndDontSave };
                    _toggleObject.AddComponent<ToggleComponent>();
                    return;
                case PlayModeStateChange.ExitingPlayMode when _toggleObject != null:
                    Object.DestroyImmediate(_toggleObject);
                    break;
            }
        }

        private static bool IsGamepadPressed()
        {
            var gamepad = Gamepad.current;
            if (gamepad == null) return false;

            return gamepad.startButton.isPressed && gamepad.selectButton.isPressed;
        }

        private class ToggleComponent : MonoBehaviour
        {
            private void Update()
            {
                if (!EditorApplication.isPlaying) return;

                if (IsGamepadPressed()) EditorApplication.ExitPlaymode();
            }
        }
    }
}
#endif

Most of the time, I had to put gamepad aside so that I can press Ctrl+P or click the Play button.

Then I’d have to pick the gamepad up again to continue playtesting.

That is clearly user-unfriendly.