# Gamepad Tester

See every axis and button of a connected controller, with the pressed buttons lit up.

- Category: Games (games)
- URL: https://ilham.dev/tools/gamepad-tester/
- Documentation: https://ilham.dev/tools/gamepad-tester/index.md
- Keywords: gamepad, controller, joystick, buttons, axes, test, dead zone, vibration, playstation, xbox

## Example questions

- Why is the controller missing until I press a button?
- A stick reports a small value while untouched. Is it broken?
- Can it test vibration or the light bar?

## Properties

- Runs in the browser
- No login required
- No data uploaded


## About

Inspect a connected controller: every axis with its travel, every button with its pressure, and a running note of the last input seen. It is the quick answer to whether a pad works, which stick drifts and which button has stopped registering.


## Questions

### Why is the controller missing until I press a button?

Browsers hide gamepads until an input event proves one is being used, which is a privacy measure. Press any button on the pad and it will appear, then stay listed until it is disconnected.

### A stick reports a small value while untouched. Is it broken?

A little drift below about 0.05 is normal on worn analogue sticks and browsable games compensate with a dead zone. A value that keeps climbing on its own, or a stick that never reaches 1 at full travel, points to a real fault.

### Can it test vibration or the light bar?

Not here. Those need the haptics actuators a browser exposes separately, and support varies by pad and by browser, so this page sticks to the axes and buttons that every controller reports.