Joystick hat not working?

SDL Development
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Hi. I’m making a C++ game under Manjaro linux
I’m correctly initializing joystick subsystem, no errors

I see no message from this code:

switch(event.type)
    {
        case SDL_JOYHATMOTION:
            cout << "    SDL_JOYHATMOTION   hat: " << (int)event.jhat.hat << " value: " << (int)event.jhat.value  << " joy id: " << event.jhat.which << endl;
            break;

This code always returns SDL_HAT_CENTERED (I’m querying the hat number 0):

int currentHatPosition = static_cast<int>(SDL_JoystickGetHat(joy, hat));

When I do devices enumeration with this code:

cout << " Using joystick: \'" << SDL_JoystickNameForIndex(i)
                         << "\', buttons: " << SDL_JoystickNumButtons(joy)
                         << ", axes: " << SDL_JoystickNumAxes(joy)
                         << ", hats: " << SDL_JoystickNumHats(joy)
                         << ", balls: " << SDL_JoystickNumBalls(joy)
                         << endl;

I got this message on the console:

Using joystick: 'Xbox 360 Controller', buttons: 15, axes: 6, hats: 0, balls: 0

My OS can detect the joystick, and other components like axis and buttons works fine in my game. Why do the hat always reports SDL_HAT_CENTERED?

2 
... axes: 6, hats: 0 ...

Maybe the hats are treated as axes?

3

Correct. I also have a generic usb joystick, tested that one and it’s d-pad is detected as a hat
Thanks!