Programming ATC Menu selections to buttons

Presently I am using P3D 2.5 and am using the default ATC (toying with the idea of something more).   Is there a way to select ATC menu choices with joystick buttons under the native DX button identifier (ie. without having to program the controller to send a "1" or a "2" key etc.  I am using the controller for other applications as well which would make this troublesome.  Ideally I would like the ATC menu to be such that I could move a highlighter up and down then press forward to make the selection (using a 4 way hat).  I wasn't able to find anything within the control menu that would accomplish this.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Brett