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# TCTouchpad

Represents a single on-screen touchpad that reports absolute coordinates or delta movements.

```
class TCTouchpad
```

## Overview

This is mirrored by a `GCControllerDirectionPad` on the associated `GCController` instance.

## Topics

### Inspecting at touchpad

[`var contents: TCControlContents?`](/documentation/TouchController/TCTouchpad/contents)

The contents for the touchpad. May be `nil`.

[`var highlightDuration: TimeInterval`](/documentation/TouchController/TCTouchpad/highlightDuration)

The time it takes for a highlight to fade away, in seconds.

[`var reportsRelativeValues: Bool`](/documentation/TouchController/TCTouchpad/reportsRelativeValues)

A Boolean value that represents the touchpad reports deltas.

### Getting the collider shape

[`var colliderShape: TCColliderShape`](/documentation/TouchController/TCTouchpad/colliderShape)

The collider shape for the touchpad.

[`enum TCColliderShape`](/documentation/TouchController/TCColliderShape)

Defines the shape of a control collider.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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

[`TCControlLayout`](/documentation/TouchController/TCControlLayout)

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

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

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

[`TCControl`](/documentation/TouchController/TCControl)

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

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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