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# love.joystick

Provides an interface to connected joysticks.

## Types

Joystick | Represents a physical joystick. | 0.9.0 |

## Functions

love.joystick.close | Closes a joystick. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getAxes | Returns the position of each axis. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getAxis | Returns the direction of the axis. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getBall | Returns the change in ball position. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getHat | Returns the direction of a hat. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getJoystickCount | Gets the number of connected joysticks. | 0.9.0 |
love.joystick.getJoysticks | Gets a list of connected Joysticks. | 0.9.0 |
love.joystick.getName | Returns the name of a joystick. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getNumAxes | Returns the number of axes on the joystick. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getNumBalls | Returns the number of balls on the joystick. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getNumButtons | Returns the number of buttons on the joystick. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getNumHats | Returns the number of hats on the joystick. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.getNumJoysticks | Returns how many joysticks are available. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.isDown | Checks if a button on a joystick is pressed. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.isOpen | Checks if the joystick is open. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.open | Opens up a joystick to be used. |  | 0.9.0
love.joystick.setGamepadMapping | Binds a virtual gamepad input to a button, axis or hat. | 0.9.0 |

## Enums

GamepadAxis | Virtual gamepad axes. | 0.9.0 |
GamepadButton | Virtual gamepad buttons. | 0.9.0 |
JoystickHat | Joystick hat positions. |  |
JoystickInputType | Types of Joystick inputs. | 0.9.0 |

## See Also

- love
- love.joystickpressed
- love.joystickreleased

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