Hey remember that one topic in the previous forum where one guy was just asking for good controls and it eventually became a place for putting your control layout?
Why won't we do it again?

WASD - Movement
Q- Jump
J - Regular
K - Special
L - Grab
I - Shield

T - C-Up
G - C-Left
H - C-Right
B - C-Down

Tap-Jump ON
Auto-Dash OFF
D-Tap Dash ON

1 - Taunt
Backspace - Pause
PS I still have no idea how does Dash work, unless it just works.

Movement - WASD
C-Stick - QERF
Attack - O
Special - P (I reversed them for some reason, and now it's too late to change)
Grab - Space
Walk - Delete
Shield - LShift
Taunt - 1
Pause - 2
Tap jump, autodash

Same as usual.

KEYBOARD:
W/A/S/D - Move
J/K/L/; - C-stick
Q - Dash
E - Jump
1 - Taunt
O- Special
P - Attack
I - Shield
U - Grab

PLAYSTATION CONTROLLER:
▢/△ - Jump
Ｘ - Attack
O - Special (I know it should be the other way around to match 3DS/Classic Controller/Gamepad, but I got used to this back in the v0.7 days.)
Ｌ１: Taunt (Useful for , and also since the D-pad can't be mapped to separate taunts)
Ｒ１: Grab
Ｌ２/Ｒ２: Shield
▻: Pause
Ⓛ: Movement
Ⓡ: C-Stick

XBOX "DUKE" CONTROLLER:
Ｙ: Jump
Ｘ: Special
Ａ: Attack
Ｂ: Dash
Ｂｌ: Grab
Ｗｈ: Jump
ＲＴ/ＬＴ: Shield
Start: Pause
Ⓛ: Movement
Ⓡ: C-Stick
(Still experimenting with this one. Feels more like an N64 controller.)

I usually use this layout wherever I play

Up - W
Down - S
Left - A
Right - D

Normal - J
Special - K
Shield - L
Grab - I

C-Up - 2
C-Down - X
C-Left - Z
C-Right - C

Taunt - Q
Dash - Shift
Pause - Spacebar

It's the most comfortable for me

arrow keys for movement

Q W E : C-stick left, down, and right

A S D: shield, C-stick up, taunt

Z X C: attack, special, grab

Space: dash

Ins: jump

This is a surprisingly underrated and comfortable setup. The main offensive moves are at the bottom in the style of online browser games where actions are usually Z, X, and C. Also, I like how tidy the controls are as an added bonus. 9 buttons at the corner of the keyboard

I don't have a computer, so I can't play SSF2 Beta.
However, if I could, I would've used the same controls I used in v0.9b:

Movement - Arrow Keys
Attack - I
Taunt - O
Special - P
Grab - K
Shield - L
Pause - Backspace
C-Stick: Num 1/2/3/5
Shields next to C-Sticks: Num 4/6
Dash: Semicolon (next to L)

Wasd
Left Smash- Q
Right Smash- E
Up Smash- F
Down Smash-C

P- Special
O- Attack
I-Grab
u,shift-Shield
Walk-Space
Tap jump - on
Autodash - on

Nothing's changed for me, and it's still based from SSF1's Player 1 controls:

Movement - Arrow Keys
Attack - P
Jump - O
Special - I
Taunt - L
Shield - K
Grab - J
Tap Jump - Off
Auto Dash - Off
Double Tap Dash - On

I move with arrow keys, tap jump turned off and double tap dash
A for jump, S for attack, D for special, Q for shield, W for grab and E for taunt

Do you not have C-stick set up? It looks like you and me have a similar control layout, maybe try Z X and C for the C-stick. It won't be in your way, so you could use them when you feel like it. I have Ins as my jump button instead of a letter button, so I have a spare button to use for the fourth direction of C-stick (which I mapped to S).

WASD for movement.

IJKL for C-stick.

U for shield, O for special, P for grab, ; for attack.

Space for jump, Shift for dash, 1 for taunt, and Backspace for pause.

As soon as I can grok how to create virtual controllers on Linux, I'll be moving towards a Smashbox-style keyboard layout.

Pretty much what I've always used for my Wii Classic Controller Pro:


All my other controllers match this layouts.

same as default melee, minus tap jump and grab moved to right trigger