"Directional buttons" are buttons on a device that you can use to move or navigate in different directions, like up, down, left, or right.
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Gamers complete levels
using directional buttons on the left side of the screen to move, while actions, like jumping and shooting, are controlled by buttons on the right side.
If you can't spot it on your map, try using the up and down
directional buttons on your controller to change to the middle level.
Below the screen are four more controls: Home, Back, Text Size, and four -
way directional buttons used for flipping pages.
The left, up, right, and
down directional buttons on the right side of the steering wheel navigate through menus displayed in the instrument cluster.
Notes with a tail involve you to holding a button down, and double notes (indicated with a W) require you to hit both the face and
directional buttons together.
Get your opponent down on the ground and follow a set
of directional button prompts in the shape of an octagon to try and submit your opponent.
Apple has also added its personal assistant, Siri, into the mix via a dedicated button on a redesigned remote that features a trackpad instead of
directional buttons for navigation.
The PS4 port expands this control scheme by
adding directional buttons into the mix that can be used to score the arrow notes or the corresponding standard note.
Similarly, I was concerned about the new controller pad, which replaces the little 5 - way joystick knob on the K2 — the K3's control pad has 4
directional buttons surrounding a center button, and it looks like you could accidentally press one when you meant to hit the other.
You can simply tap - and - hold on a word to bring up the built - in dictionary and navigate through menus without using the
little directional button to scroll through and press the button to make a selection.
A skilled Maverick Hunter is only as powerful as his tools enable him to be — so reach for that trusty DualShock 4 controller and its
familiar directional buttons on July 24.
The Circle button is similarly different per character - the heavy types tend to perform strong attacks, while the magic types can press it in combination with
various directional buttons to perform different spells.
The game slowly ramps up the difficulty, adding in other touches such as tapping the analog stick to create a scratch when a circular pattern matches up with the face /
directional button border, or combining buttons presses and having to hold specific buttons for a given length of time.
For a long time, rhythm games have been a pretty straight forward formula; catchy music that you press
specific directional buttons to at a specific beat, perfectly mimic what the game wants you to do so you can get a high score..
The colours resemble Darth Vaders chest box with the
red directional buttons, White Triangle, Square X and Red Circle button.
These prompts include the four face buttons of the PlayStation controller, though players can alternatively use the
corresponding directional button for these specific prompts — pressing either «down» or «X» for an «X» prompt, for example.
The tiny analogue stick isn't all that precise for charge motions, and it's next to impossible to pull off Street Fighter's signature quarter circle special moves on the
individual directional buttons.
Note: You must press the
same directional button (Up + X, Down + X, Left + X, or Right + X) as your opponent (Left and Right is interchangeable) to do the Team Aerial Counter and get the «Turn The Tables» trophy.
Well here's a nice surprise: Nintendo has just revealed two newly refreshed 3DS designs, which will squeeze in an improved screen, NFC support, better battery life, and - wait for it - a
second directional button.
However, since the Joy - Cons lack a traditional d - pad (which is ideal for fighting games), I was forced to use the analog stick, or deal with the set of
directional buttons beneath it.
Credit: Jeremy Lips / Tom's GuideSubstituting a touchpad for
traditional directional buttons is one of the most innovative aspects of the new Apple TV, albeit a risky one.
Press
right directional button (see upper left icon) to open Easy - Drive menu, which offers endless action options plus lets players reset current events any time.
Rather than the industry standard
of directional buttons on the left of a controller and a set of four face buttons on the right, the Steam Controller opts to use two haptic - feedback - enabled touchpads on either side.
This supplementary controller
adds directional buttons, an analog stick, and two shoulder buttons into the PlayStation ® Move's control scheme.
Instead of the knob crowned
by directional buttons of previous years, Infiniti has gone to a combo joystick dial, which has a look in keeping with the car's luxury mission.
The center stack retains Nissan's trademark control wheel
with directional buttons, flanked by a dozen function buttons (no Phone button, though).
A game that tests the limits of the player's spatial awareness as acutely as this one needs a quick 180 - degree turn move, so of course it has one of those, too (press the
down directional button).
Dictionary: when in an e-book, press the 5 -
way directional buttons to select a word, and the definition will pop up in a little window on the screen (press «Back» to make it disappear, or press the Enter key just left of the 5 - way controller to get a full - screen definition; from the full - screen dictionary, press «Back» to return to the book).
After tugging the quad -
directional button on the center dashboard around to no avail, I started pushing other buttons, finally digging into a series of menu items, and finding I had to be in the Play menu before I could drill down into categories.
Ash's speed is satisfying to control with either the analog stick of
the directional buttons.
It still plays well however, once you get used to its quick and how different it is from a standard platformer with four
directional buttons or on - screen icons.
You can use either the analog stick (highly recommended) to move Ico around or
the directional buttons.
The basic methods are the same, with the action and
directional buttons being used for standard note indicators.
Players can choose to use the D - Pad,
directional buttons or finger / thumb swipe control schemes.
Interestingly, either the face buttons or
the directional buttons work as input.