Shift on elite controller

The shift button allows you to assign a secondary set of mappings to controls.

So, for example, in your screenshot the lower-left paddle is mapped to LS, however, if you hold in shift and press the lower-left paddle, it's then mapped to X instead of LS. That allows you to do 2 different actions with the same paddle, depending on whether you have shift held in or not.

More info here: -

https://support.xbox.com/help/hardware-network/controller/shift-elite-series-2

Think of it like your computer keyboard. If you press the 7 key by itself you just get the number 7. If you hold down shift and press it, you get the & symbol instead. 2 different characters are mapped to the same key, and which one you get depends on if you're pressing shift or not.

Hello Joe Ghodsi,

Thanks for your reply.

Let me just check this with our Internal Support Team. For the meantime, may we know if you can use the Shift feature of the controller on the Windows device? I think you already have come across this support article, but this is way detailed for the Shift key for Windows device using Xbox Accessories app.

Link: Use Shift with your Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 | Xbox Support

We look forward for your update.

Regards,

Hi PsycoPyro88,

Thanks for the reply. The Elite controller series 2 has various methods of mapping the buttons and paddles as compared to the series 1. If you haven't done so already, I recommend taking a look at the following support articles that
can assist you in determining how to set up the different functions, including how to use Shift with the controller to give you alternate inputs:

Get to know your Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2


Use the Xbox Accessories app to customize your Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2  


Use Shift with your Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2

Adjust the thumbsticks on your Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2


Charge your Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2


If you'd like to contribute some ideas on how to make improvements to or about other ideas for the community, you may do so at the Xbox Idea Hub which is on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxinsiders/wiki/ideas

I hope that this information helps you out!

That is really up to you. Both are great controllers. For racing games i.e. the elite is better than the regular, since you could configure it to have the shifting on the paddles at the back of the controller. Or in shooters you could set the triggers
at a shorter point to do its job.

I just want to say that being able to use a shift button to map capture to a specific button was always a thing in the accessory's menu for the Elite 2 controller.

I had my controller set up that when I clicked in a thumb stick it acted as a shift button then when I pressed B it would record to my external hard drive,
That is how I set it up.

However, I just went to mess around with my elite in the Accessories app and all those options are now missing from the menu's within the app and I can no longer set my controller up this way.

Considering the Elite as you have already pointed out doesn't have the ability to have a capture button this irritates me to no end that they have removed this functionality from the app and thus the controller.

I hope this is not intentional and they fix this.