# Controller button are backwards?

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/controller-button-are-backwards/4238
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/controller-button-are-backwards/4238 "2020-11-02T18:55:40Z")
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### Author: ![salieri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/salieri/32/7275_2.png) [@salieri](https://forum.makecode.com/u/salieri)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/controller-button-are-backwards/4238/1 "2020-11-02T18:55:40Z")

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Just wondering. On the simulator the B button is on the left and the A button on the right.  
Pictures of the hardware devices have the same: B button is on the left and the A button on the right.

However the keyboard keys are backwards: A button (Q) is on the left and the B button (E) on the right.  
This is [confirmed in the documentation](https://arcade.makecode.com/reference/controller).

![key-assign](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/9/9ebc21ddf3dc443a652a9a9eb61846173502ad72.jpeg)

What’s going on here?

Why this matters to me: I’m an elementary and junior high STEM teacher. One of our favorite projects is building controllers using arduino pro micros and cardboard. We code scratch games using a common controls. I’d be so happy to change our keys over to Q and E is we can also add MakeCode Arcade compatibility but I feel like the kids will be confused having the button swapped backwards on the keyboard and their controllers.

Thank you so much! I can’t believe that I didn’t know about this project. When one of my students shared a game he made with me my jaw just hit the floor. We are going to use it a lot.

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### Author: ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/controller-button-are-backwards/4238/2 "2020-11-02T19:27:12Z")

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hmmm that’s weird… I don’t even read the controls and stuff… Super weird

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### Author: ![salieri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/salieri/32/7275_2.png) [@salieri](https://forum.makecode.com/u/salieri)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/controller-button-are-backwards/4238/3 "2020-11-02T19:48:21Z")

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Wouldn’t it make more sense to have E be the A Button (right side)  
and Q be the B button (left side)