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# Joystick

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This type is not supported in earlier versions.

Represents a physical joystick.

## Constructors

love.joystick.getJoysticks | Gets a list of connected Joysticks. | 0.9.0 |

## Functions

Joystick:getAxes | Gets the direction of each axis. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getAxis | Gets the direction of an axis. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getAxisCount | Gets the number of axes on the joystick. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getButtonCount | Gets the number of buttons on the joystick. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getGUID | Gets a stable GUID unique to the type of the physical joystick. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getGamepadAxis | Gets the direction of a virtual gamepad axis. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getGamepadMapping | Gets the button, axis or hat that a virtual gamepad input is bound to. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getHat | Gets the direction of a hat. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getHatCount | Gets the number of hats on the joystick. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getID | Gets the joystick's unique identifier. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getName | Gets the name of the joystick. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:getVibration | Gets the current vibration motor strengths on a Joystick with rumble support. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:isConnected | Gets whether the Joystick is connected. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:isDown | Checks if a button on the Joystick is pressed. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:isGamepad | Gets whether the Joystick is recognized as a gamepad. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:isGamepadDown | Checks if a virtual gamepad button on the Joystick is pressed. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:isVibrationSupported | Gets whether the Joystick supports vibration. | 0.9.0 |
Joystick:setVibration | Sets the vibration motor speeds on a Joystick with rumble support. | 0.9.0 |
Object:type | Gets the type of the object as a string. |  |
Object:typeOf | Checks whether an object is of a certain type. |  |

## 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 |

## Supertypes

- Object

## See Also

- love.joystick
- love.joystick.getJoystickCount

- love.joystickadded
- love.joystickremoved
- love.joystickpressed
- love.joystickreleased
- love.joystickaxis
- love.joystickhat

- love.gamepadpressed
- love.gamepadreleased
- love.gamepadaxis

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