Shift lock

Shift Lock is a feature on the Roblox client which allows players to lock the camera's perspective with the player's movement in a 3rd person perspective when the shift key is pressed. In other words, the player will be in third person and move as if they are in first person. It can only be enabled on PC, Mac, or any other computer.

This can be very useful during obbies or sword fighting competitions for advanced maneuvers. However, in the case of BrickBattles it has received mixed reception as some players of those games believe it is less authentic to play with than the unlocked camera mode.

Pressing the period key on the keyboard while in shift lock will turn the player's angle by 45 degrees.

Developers can disable the feature in their own places, which shows the message "Set By Developer" in Roblox's in-game settings menu.

Shift lock button
Some games have a built-in shift lock button scripted for mobile players. One of the games that have this include Tower of Hell, as well as most difficulty chart obby games.

Trivia



 * Shift lock does not work on touchscreen PCs running the Microsoft Store (Windows 10/11) version Roblox client.
 * Usually games don't have mobile shift lock but creators script for obby games mostly.