Difference between revisions of "Joystick:isGamepad"

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Gets whether the Joystick is recognized as a gamepad. If this is the case, the Joystick's buttons and axes can be used in a standardized manner across different operating systems and joystick models via [[Joystick:getGamepadAxis]], [[Joystick:isGamepadDown]], [[love.gamepadpressed]] and related functions.
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Gets whether the Joystick is recognized as a gamepad. If this is the case, the Joystick's buttons and axes can be used in a standardized manner across different operating systems and joystick models via [[Joystick:getGamepadAxis]], [[Joystick:isGamepadDown]], [[love.gamepadpressed]], and related functions.
  
 
LÖVE automatically recognizes most popular controllers with a similar layout to the Xbox 360 controller as gamepads, but you can add more with [[love.joystick.setGamepadMapping]].
 
LÖVE automatically recognizes most popular controllers with a similar layout to the Xbox 360 controller as gamepads, but you can add more with [[love.joystick.setGamepadMapping]].

Revision as of 06:08, 15 February 2015

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

Gets whether the Joystick is recognized as a gamepad. If this is the case, the Joystick's buttons and axes can be used in a standardized manner across different operating systems and joystick models via Joystick:getGamepadAxis, Joystick:isGamepadDown, love.gamepadpressed, and related functions.

LÖVE automatically recognizes most popular controllers with a similar layout to the Xbox 360 controller as gamepads, but you can add more with love.joystick.setGamepadMapping.

Function

Synopsis

isgamepad = Joystick:isGamepad( )

Arguments

None.

Returns

boolean isgamepad
True if the Joystick is recognized as a gamepad, false otherwise.

Notes

If the Joystick is recognized as a gamepad, the physical locations for the virtual gamepad axes and buttons correspond as closely as possible to the layout of a standard Xbox 360 controller.

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See Also

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