---
title: leftThumbstick
framework: gamecontroller
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: gamecontroller/gcdirectionpadelementname-swift.struct/leftthumbstick
---

# leftThumbstick

The name of the left thumbstick on a directional pad element.

## Declaration

```swift
static let leftThumbstick: GCDirectionPadElementName
```

## See Also

### Getting the directional pad component names

- [directionPad](gamecontroller/gcdirectionpadelementname-swift.struct/directionpad.md)
- [rightThumbstick](gamecontroller/gcdirectionpadelementname-swift.struct/rightthumbstick.md)