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# GCDirectionPadElement

The common properties of elements that represent directional pads.

```
protocol GCDirectionPadElement : GCPhysicalInputElement
```

## Topics

### Directional buttons

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

The input object that represents the left button on the directional pad.

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

The input object that represents the right button on the directional pad.

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

The input object that represents the up button on the directional pad.

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

The input object that represents the down button on the directional pad.

### Axes

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

The input object that represents the x-axis on the directional pad.

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

The input object that represents the y-axis on the directional pad.

[`xyAxes`](/documentation/GameController/GCDirectionPadElement/xyAxes)

The location of the directional pad represented as a point.

[`GCAxis2DInput`](/documentation/GameController/GCAxis2DInput)

The common properties of inputs that provide a normalized point in a two-dimensional coordinate system with a fixed origin.


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