[SWITCH 2] Unable to use Pro Controller back buttons

Hello,
I don't know if this is the best place to talk about this, but the Switch 2 version doesn't take advantage of the Pro Controller 2 back buttons. The "Map Controller" setting only show Joy-Cons with a limited amount of inputs, and the regular "keyboard" action mapping window doesn't take controller inputs, so you can't assign those inputs to a hotbar button anyway...

I don't know how other platforms handle this with their own controller, but a simple fix would be the ability to map hotbar buttons to controller inputs ? Or to just detect the Pro Controller and adjust the relevent settings.

Thanks !!

To map the Switch 2's GL/GR buttons, hold the HOME Button, then navigate to the bottom where it says GL/GL Buttons, and tap them to set which button they map to. They are not exposed to games as unique buttons.

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Originally Posted by AshWeststar

To map the Switch 2's GL/GR buttons, hold the HOME Button, then navigate to the bottom where it says GL/GL Buttons, and tap them to set which button they map to. They are not exposed to games as unique buttons.

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Yes, but they're not extra buttons then... They can only mimic buttons that are already in-use since FFXIV controller scheme pretty much uses everything already.

I looked into this further. GL and GR can be detected by games as separate inputs, rather than only acting as remapped copies of other buttons.

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour detects them independently in its "Open the GL/GR Locks" minigame (gameplay video).

Nintendo of America's Nate Bihldorff (article) also stated:

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So there is no question in my mind that we will have developers who specifically assign something to [the 'GL' and 'GR' buttons].

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Apparently, games can support GL and GR as distinct inputs.

Thanks ! That's really interesting. I hope third party devs have access to this kind of input detection.