@westrud Sorry, I can't understand you. You need to describe better what you are doing and what is happening, otherwise I am not able to help you.
First, just to confirm:
What is your hardware?
What version of Recalbox are you using? (say the version, don't say "the last one")
Did you build your Recalbox yourself, or did you buy everything ready, or did you download a ready image from the internet?

@lesk that's just a simple sd to test. Then you configure your pads in ES once for all, and configuration is over most of times

@voljega thank you, I discovered I didn't configure a "hotkey"button.
Configured now and working flawlessly.

@fudoh yeah sorry for not replying 😕
Looks like.some other people are having such kind problem with RA : their hotkey never gets released 😮

I guess we need a retroarch b*mp

You can get the unstable for all platforms here:

https://archive.recalbox.com/updates/v1.0/unstable/

If that answers you question.

Yoy'd better enjoy a USB key in fat32

I'm sure I pressed that combination and it didn't work, even though I mapped the hotkey-button to the PS-button earlier. Probably, I made a mistake and I'll try it again. Thank you.