The only way I can get the SteamVR controller to work in the SteamVR dashboard is to use a Vive wand first to show it and then I can use the Steam Controller to navigate.
I haven’t found a way to activate the dashboard using the Steam Controller even though it say to push “Y” on the controller in the SteamVR Home…
There’s no select button on a Steam Controller but I guess it’s either the button to the left or right of the Steam logo button (which is where the PS button would be on a PS3/PS4 controller)…
I just remember at one point had to look it up & due to Steam not being in Big TV mode had to change Desktop mode to change controller to a joystick gamepad profile.
Pretty sure I already tried downloading a gamepad profile but it didn’t seem to help.
I did read in some threads that I think they broke it at some point and don’t really care enough to fix it