Xbox Controller Button Names and Layout

xbox_button_names.md

Buttons

• RSB == Right Stick Button
• LSB == Left Stick Button
• RB == Right Bumper
• RT == Right Trigger
• LB == Left Bumper
• LT == Left Trigger
• Y == Y Button (Top)
• A == A Button (Bottom)
• X == X Button (Left)
• B == B Button (Right)

for almost 10 years, I thought RB is Right Bottom and RT is Right Top.

for almost 10 years, I thought RB is Right Bottom and RT is Right Top.

I was confused too!

This actually isn't accurate if we're talking about the Xbox One controller.

Per the official website, the button is called "menu", and the button is called "view". These buttons were indeed called "start" and "back" on the Xbox 360, but to the best of my knowledge, Microsoft renamed them in order to make them as different as possible from Playstation's "start" and "select".

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P.S. Gotta love markdown, right?

I also noticed that these buttons were missing in the diagram. Markdown is really cool BTW.

i thought view was activate?

I see in this that it says LSB and RSB, I thought it was just LS and RS

I see in this that it says LSB and RSB, I thought it was just LS and RS

LS (Left Stick) / RS (Right Stick) refer to the joystick's analog movement along the X (left-right) and Y (up-down) axes. These provide continuous input values rather than just on/off states.

LSB (Left Stick Button) / RSB (Right Stick Button) refer to pressing down on the stick like a button, which is a binary (on/off) input.

TL;DR:

• LS/RS = Analog stick movement (X/Y axes).
• LSB/RSB = Stick "click" (on/off).

@DJStompZone I see, it's just that the rest of the names align with the standard and these are off. Since the click function is LS/RS. For the position I don't know if there's any official terms. LX/LY/RX/RY is what I could imagine. But I figure that isn't the scope of this.