---
title: down
framework: gamecontroller
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: gamecontroller/gccontrollerdirectionpad/down
---

# down

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

## Declaration

```swift
var down: GCControllerButtonInput { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The value of the up and down buttons are mutually exclusive because the user can only press one of these buttons at a time. Therefore, when the down button is nonzero, the up button is 0.

## See Also

### Accessing values using directional buttons

- [right](gamecontroller/gccontrollerdirectionpad/right.md)
- [left](gamecontroller/gccontrollerdirectionpad/left.md)
- [up](gamecontroller/gccontrollerdirectionpad/up.md)