EventSystem Button Script and using joystick / gamepad

I have created a menu screen with some buttons using event system and event triggers with unity button script. With Mousepointer it works great, but how can I set the first button always enabled as default (selected like highlighted) and navigate with the gamepad up & down-stick without using the mouse too?

thanks in advance

 

Hi @Gaspedal

These might be helpful....

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/script-SelectableNavigation.html
https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-do-i-control-which-gui-item-has-input-focus.263679/

 

@eses: Thank you very much! This is exactly what I needed. thx You have really help me to solving a big problem.