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Abstract

an object is to provide a multidirectional input device capable of detecting an arbitrary direction of depression before the generation of the feeling of click to depress a directional key in the arbitrary direction with a predetermined small force based on the feeling of click.The present invention is the multidirectional input device being formed into a structure in which the directional key tilts together with the center key with the depression of the directional key in an arbitrary direction, and in which the click feeling generating section is deformed by the presser member to generate the feeling of click, as the directional key is depressed in the arbitrary direction, the multidirectional input device further comprising: a movable element and a fixed element configured so that a distance between the movable element and the fixed element changes with the depression of the directional key in the arbitrary direction at least before the generation of the feeling of click and so that the arbitrary direction of the depression is detected from the change of the distance at least before the generation of the feeling of click.

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