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# GCControllerDirectionPad

A control element associated with a directional pad or a thumbstick.

```
class GCControllerDirectionPad
```

## Overview

You get the input values for this element from its subelements. You can use either the [`xAxis`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/xAxis) and [`yAxis`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/yAxis) properties to get coordinates, or the [`up`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/up), [`down`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/down), [`left`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/left), and [`right`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/right) buttons that simulate directional pad buttons.

## Topics

### Accessing values using the axes

[`xAxis`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/xAxis)

The x-axis element of the directional pad.

[`yAxis`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/yAxis)

The y-axis element of the directional pad.

### Accessing values using directional buttons

[`right`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/right)

The button element that changes the positive x-axis.

[`left`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/left)

The button element that changes the negative x-axis.

[`up`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/up)

The button element that changes the positive y-axis.

[`down`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/down)

The button element used for the negative y-axis direction.

### Getting change information

[`valueChangedHandler`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/valueChangedHandler)

The block that the directional pad calls when the user changes its values.

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

The signature for the block that executes when either axis changes values.

### Setting snapshot values

[`setValueForXAxis(_:yAxis:)`](/documentation/GameController/GCControllerDirectionPad/setValueForXAxis(_:yAxis:))

Sets the input values of a snapshot of a directional pad.


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