Editing Joystick (section)

===Hat switch===
[[Image:JoystickDirections.svg|thumb|upright|Hat switch - at top, in green]]
A hat switch is a control on some joysticks. It is also known as a POV (point of view) switch in electronic games, where it allows one to look around in one's virtual world, browse menus, etc. For example, many flight simulators use it to switch the player's views,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?z=y&ean=9780735611764&displayonly=EXC |title=Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, EU-Inside Moves Series, Jeff Van West, Book - Barnes & Noble |publisher=Search.barnesandnoble.com |access-date=2010-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929131538/http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?z=y&ean=9780735611764&displayonly=EXC |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  while other games sometimes use it as a substitute for the [[D-pad]]. Computer gamepads with both an analogue stick and a D-pad usually assign POV switch scancodes to the latter.

The term hat switch is a shortening of the term "coolie hat switch", named for the [[asian conical hat|similar looking headgear]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cantrell|first1=Paul|title=Helicopter Aviation|url=http://www.copters.com/mech/cyclics.html|website=www.copters.com|access-date=20 December 2015}}</ref>

In a real aircraft, the hat switch may control things like [[aileron]] or [[Elevator (aeronautics)|elevator]] trim.