ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK(3)

ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK 💅

okay so welcome to the Library Functions Manual, bestie — this is the page for the ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK enum from the Allegro 5 API. It's giving “which stick on the gamepad are we talking about?” energy, and it's honestly iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK — the Allegro 5 API enum for gamepad sticks. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

typedef enum ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so the enum has these values, and every one is a different stick situation:

• ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK_DPAD — the D-pad stick. It has ALLEGRO_JOYFLAG_DIGITAL set, and it has two axes. yes, both of those details matter 💅
• ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK_LEFT_THUMB — the left thumb stick. two axes, periodt.
• ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK_RIGHT_THUMB — the right thumb stick. also two axes, slay.
• ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK_LEFT_TRIGGER — the left trigger. one axis, ranging from 0 to 1. that's the range, bestie.
• ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK_RIGHT_TRIGGER — the right trigger. one axis, ranging from 0 to 1. same range vibe.

⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.2.11 — so this has been around since then, iykyk.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• al_set_joystick_mappings(3)
• ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK_TYPE(3)

[Unstable API]: New API. 🫶 — that's the note, bestie; it's literally marked as a new unstable API.

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cute sign-off: this came from the Allegro reference manual, page ALLEGRO_GAMEPAD_STICK(3) — source vibes only, and no separate date is printed on this footer, so I'm not inventing one 💖✨