# \[Reported\] \[Switch\] issue with controller button input
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-switch-issue-with-controller-button-input/79819
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [May 4, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-switch-issue-with-controller-button-input/79819 "2023-05-04T23:34:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@tarot](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/tarot)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-switch-issue-with-controller-button-input/79819/1 "2023-05-04T23:34:32Z")
**Platform, device version and operating system:**
Switch, using pro controller input
**Screenshot or image:**
NA, see description
**What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:**
In battle, we hold L and press ABXY to access our own troops.
If we then release L /before/ releasing A or B, the game reads this as an additional A or B button press input, causing the A spell to misfire, or unintentionally backing out of the troop screen respectively.
**How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?**
As this is not really a bug, but rather an issue of unfriendly / confusing UI design / implementation, it happens 100% when the button sequence is pressed in battle. (In the case of L + A, the spell fires off if it is mana charged.)
**Steps to make it happen again**
See above.
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### Author:  [@Bramble](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Bramble)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-switch-issue-with-controller-button-input/79819/2 "2023-05-05T02:08:16Z")
Hello 🙂
Thank you for telling us about this issue for the Switch console.
I’ve reported this to the development team
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### Author:  [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-switch-issue-with-controller-button-input/79819/3 "2023-05-05T23:00:15Z")
Yup, can corroborate. I know it’s common practice to register inputs on the “keyup” type event, but for inputs that act as modifier keys, _their_ keyup event isn’t (necessarily) a meaningful input.
- L+X and L+Y are ultimately harmless (nothing happens, card popup remains onscreen).
- L+A causes troop #3 to spellcast if at full mana, whether you intended to or not.
- L+B is technically harmless (nothing happens, but the card popup disappears)
I suspect this isn’t limited to the Switch version, and should be tested on all platforms.
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### Author:  [@tarot](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/tarot)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-switch-issue-with-controller-button-input/79819/4 "2024-01-30T04:34:24Z")
Bump. Half a year and still no fix.