How to wireup a tectile 5 way switch?

Using Arduino LEDs and Multiplexing
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I have this tectile switch:

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and I want to connect it to my arduino micro and get some print statement in my serial monitor when i press it in a certain direction.

I have 0 experience with electronics and I don't understand how to wire it up. I watched alot tutorials about buttons and leds but I could not find one about this switch.

It has 6 pins based on the datasheet pin1 is common so I have wired it to ground. The other pins I wired to pin 2-6 digital pins of the arduino. Then I tryed to read the output of the first pin but it was random either 0 or 1 and it never reacted to my clicks. This is my code:

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(2,INPUT);
  pinMode(3,INPUT);
  pinMode(4,INPUT);
  pinMode(5,INPUT);
  pinMode(6,INPUT);

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  int pin2 = digitalRead(2);
  int pin3 = digitalRead(3);
  int pin4 = digitalRead(4);
  int pin5 = digitalRead(5);
  int pin6 = digitalRead(6);
  Serial.println(pin2 , DEC);
  
  delay(80);
  
  
  
}
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Use INPUT_PULLUP not just INPUT in pinMode(), and then pin should read low for a "click" (if a "click" is when the pin on the switch is connected to the switch common.)

3

It worked thank you so mutch!

This is my final code:

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(2,INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(3,INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(4,INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(5,INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(6,INPUT_PULLUP);

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  int pin2 = digitalRead(2);
  int pin3 = digitalRead(3);
  int pin4 = digitalRead(4);
  int pin5 = digitalRead(5);
  int pin6 = digitalRead(6);

  if(pin2 == 0){
    Serial.println("up");
  }
  if(pin3 == 0){
    Serial.println("down");
  }
  if(pin4 == 0){
    Serial.println("left");
  }
  if(pin5 == 0){
    Serial.println("right");
  }
  if(pin6 == 0){
    Serial.println("center");
  }
  
}