# love.joystickadded

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Called when a Joystick is connected.

## Function

### Synopsis

    love.joystickadded( joystick )

### Arguments

`Joystick joystick`
  The newly connected Joystick object.

### Returns

Nothing.

## Notes

This callback is also triggered after love.load for every Joystick which was already connected when the game started up.

## See Also

- love
- love.joystick
- love.joystickremoved
- Joystick:isConnected

##

Category:

- Callbacks