GamepadWidget API

Bases: AnyWidget

Listen to browser gamepad events and sync state back to Python.

This widget does not require any initialization arguments; all state is mirrored through traitlets such as axes and current_button_press.

Examples:

gamepad = GamepadWidget()
gamepad

Synced traitlets

Traitlet	Type	Notes
current_button_press	int	Index of the most recently pressed button.
current_timestamp	float	Timestamp (ms since epoch) of the latest press.
previous_timestamp	float	Timestamp of the previous press.
axes	list[float]	Analog stick positions (4 values).
dpad_up	bool	D-pad up state.
dpad_down	bool	D-pad down state.
dpad_left	bool	D-pad left state.
dpad_right	bool	D-pad right state.
button_id	int	Reserved for custom mappings (not set by the default UI).