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# GCDirectionPadElementName

The names for directional pad elements.

```
struct GCDirectionPadElementName
```

## Topics

### Getting the directional pad component names

[`directionPad`](/documentation/GameController/GCDirectionPadElementName-swift.struct/directionPad)

The name of the direction pad on a directional pad element.

[`leftThumbstick`](/documentation/GameController/GCDirectionPadElementName-swift.struct/leftThumbstick)

The name of the left thumbstick on a directional pad element.

[`rightThumbstick`](/documentation/GameController/GCDirectionPadElementName-swift.struct/rightThumbstick)

The name of the right thumbstick on a directional pad element.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`GCPhysicalInputElementTypedName`](/documentation/GameController/GCPhysicalInputElementTypedName)

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