---
title: TCThumbstickDescriptor
framework: Touch Controller
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
platforms: [iOS 26.0+, iPadOS 26.0+, Mac Catalyst 26.0+]
path: touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor
---

# TCThumbstickDescriptor

A descriptor for configuring a thumbstick.

## Declaration

```swift
class TCThumbstickDescriptor
```

## Topics

### Creating the descriptor

- [init()](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/init().md)

### Inspecting the descriptor

- [backgroundContents](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/backgroundcontents.md)
- [hidesWhenNotPressed](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/hideswhennotpressed.md)
- [highlightDuration](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/highlightduration.md)
- [label](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/label.md)
- [offset](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/offset.md)
- [size](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/size.md)
- [stickContents](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/stickcontents.md)
- [stickSize](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/sticksize.md)
- [zIndex](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/zindex.md)

### Accessing the anchor

- [anchor](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/anchor.md)
- [TCControlLayoutAnchor](touchcontroller/tccontrollayoutanchor.md)
- [anchorCoordinateSystem](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/anchorcoordinatesystem.md)
- [TCControlLayoutAnchorCoordinateSystem](touchcontroller/tccontrollayoutanchorcoordinatesystem.md)

### Getting the collider shape

- [colliderShape](touchcontroller/tcthumbstickdescriptor/collidershape.md)
- [TCColliderShape](touchcontroller/tccollidershape.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Adding a thumbstick control

- [addThumbstick(descriptor:)](touchcontroller/tctouchcontroller/addthumbstick(descriptor:).md)