Talk:Controls

F3 Toggle?
Since Beta 1.3, I have noticed on Ubuntu that F3 now toggles the information, whereas before it showed it while held in.

Also, using F3 (also on Ubuntu) shows a number above all mobs, like player names in SMP. This occurs in both Single and Multiplayer.

Olligobber 20:55, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Did you not even read the page? "Pressing this key will toggle the showing of extra debug information on the top of the screen along side the Minecraft version, such as FPS (frames per second), chunk updates, available memory, and a performance graph. Before version 1.3 F3 had to be held down to show this info." – ultradude25 ( T at 23:53, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

F11 Fullscreen w/ multiple monitors
I've tried fullscreen and have two monitors. It always occupies my main monitor when fullscreened, no matter which screen the window is on. This may be an act of DisplayFision or UltraMon though, so someone else without these will have to give it a test. In addition, my monitors are offset from eachother (screen2 is on top of and about 70% to the left of screen1). --Sennyotai 00:48, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Time Controls
They aren't working in 1.8.1 (or 1.8, for that matter) If no one responds or edits this (or even finds a new controller of time!) I will edit the page and move them to the removed conrtols section

-cake –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Cake (Talk&#124;Contribs) 09:18, 15 September 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * They were accidentally left in for the 1.8 pre-releases, and were removed for the full release. Also note that they do not actually affect the passage of time in Minecraft, but only the day/night cycle. 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 04:45, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Pick Block
Hello there. Pick block. What does it do? I can't find any documentation for it here in the wiki. Thanks! 200.51.92.142 14:35, 29 September 2011 (UTC)


 * If You have a Wood and a Dirt Block in your Inventory Bar, for example, you can select Wood/Dirt by look on a Wood/Dirt-Block in the World and then press the Pick-Button. 77.176.86.193 04:40, 1 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Except nothing here explains what key "pick block" is, or what it does. If the wiki redirects here it should mention it at least once. Frozenne 05:44, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Not any more, I gave the page a much needed overhaul and fixed the redirect to anchor to the pick block key. – ultradude25 ( T &#124; C ) at 06:24, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Alt+GR
Anyone tried this? its like the old F8 function, but with zoom

--Drizak 21:29, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

F9 camera lock?
Hi in 1.9 Pre-Release 5 when ever i press F9 the camera locks facing straight ahead and usually turned, in the 3rd person your characters head is looking straight down and the controls seemed turned any explination? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.99.140.209 (Talk) 07:32, 28 October 2011. Please sign your posts with
 * Jeb unintentionally left those camera controls in the prerelease. — Toshu (talk) 07:35, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

'Computer'?
Um... For the time being, wouldn't 'PC' be fine? I mean, eventually add 'MAC', for sure. COME PYU TER is just so 'abacus' (that is:from Heb. abaq "dust," from root a-b-q "to fly off.")

& then, to be quite honest, the term 'computer' is kind of invalid. Is more 'terminal', that is, based on terms. Compute is more... well from etymonline (1630s, from Fr. computer, from L. computare "to count, sum up, reckon together," from com- "with" (see com-) + putare "to reckon," originally "to prune" (see pave).)

If anything, that would be the user, I think. Not that it is anyway topical....

The machine is a sort of causal nexus, it relegates the input/output. Not so much a 'computer'. Just a thought to think about...

'compute' is "with reckoning"

it is not computer –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 173.218.85.222 (Talk) 01:58, 9 November 2011. Please sign your posts with

L-Shift + Left mouse click
Why is there no mentioning of the L-Shift button? Its way faster to tranfer and craft things that way. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.215.56.151 (Talk) 13:47, 15 February 2012. Please sign your posts with

Button 1,2, and 3?
When I was in my controls, I thought you CAN change the forward buttons,but unluckily, It turned out to be Button 2 in red letters. I was clicking some other controls and they came up to be button 1, or button 3. Can you tell me how to change it back to the NORMAL controls? 98.242.204.73 21:53, 13 March 2012 (UTC)MagesticMelody


 * When you click any of the controls, it's assigned the next key or mouse button pressed. It sounds like you're accidentally hitting other mouse buttons. Just click on it again and type 'w' (or whichever key you want to use). You could delete options.txt in your .minecraft folder, but that will reset all your settings. -- Orthotope 00:50, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Found a way for the man to show up
Just press F5 to reveal him. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 1.124.255.239 (Talk) 07:35, 26 June 2012. Please sign your posts with
 * Found ? How in the world did you manage that ? Without reading the article Controls ? Wow ! --80.134.12.209 07:39, 26 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, I was just playing around with the F-buttons. Dandelion2 –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 1.124.255.239 (Talk) 07:52, 26 June 2012. Please sign your posts with

Are you trolling? This has been known since ALPHA! if it's not on the wiki I will fix Russell4 02:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

EDIT: ok it IS on the wiki,did you not read the page? everyone knows this... Russell4 02:39, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

For your information, I know nothing about trolling or alpha. I just posted this in case my friend [He doesnt know how to get the man to show up] would see it. I know this is face-palm info, but I never realized that it would be on the wiki. So yeah, sorry to waste your time.

how to trade?
i know this is probably a face-palm question, but for some reason i can't interact with traders. everything on the internet says to right-click, but nothing happens. please help? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.134.8.9 (Talk) 22:48, 23 July 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * You need to be using snapshot 12w21a or later; it won't be in the release version until 1.3 comes out. -- Orthotope 00:54, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

1.3 version has come out, and I tried trading on Survival and Creative, nothing happened. And if I'm supposed to download the new update then what do I do?

Well, you could have changed Use Button to something else. Press esc - Options... - Controls... If Use Item is set to Button 2, then well. Oh, and on some computers (mine for example) you have to press with two fingers to right click.

Another possibility is that you don't have the version needed.--62.242.64.212 13:32, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

How to return the controls to default
I am a video game noob and my trusting boyfriend left minecraft downloaded on my computer. I am allowed to play offline on his account whenever I like. However, when I was trying to view the controls I foolishly switched half of my controls to "button 1." I have no clue what that is but now I can't move in the game. Will these changes affect my boyfriend's overall game on his computer? And how in gods name can you switch back the controls? Please help me ._. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.41.10.10 (Talk) 16:28, 9 August 2012 (UTC). Please sign your posts with


 * To change a control, click once on the button showing the current key for that control. The next key or button you press will be assigned to it. Alternatively, you can delete the 'options.txt' file in the .minecraft folder, which will reset all the preferences. This won't affect the savegames, but he might have to re-configure the preferences if they weren't left at default settings. -- Orthotope 19:21, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

^^^All this is true, but first, you need to press Esc (usually at the top left of the computer), then press Options..., and then Controls..., and then you do what Orthotope said.--62.242.64.212 13:36, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Pick block key
Pick block key explanation is out-of-date. It still argues about picking entity gives bedrock! Someone should fix it. I tried to fix it myself, but when I used preview fuction, well, it gave me corrupted result. Kevin J Rattman 18:18, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Problem With Tab/Playerlist Key?
I've discovered that holding TAB or the Player List key will block up-right movement (default W and A) but will not impede any other diagonal movement. Is this worth mentioning in the article? I think it's been happening since 1.1 or 1.2 but I can't honestly remember; I know it has been happening since at least 1.2.5 or 1.3.1 (I honestly can't remember). If anyone knows any more about this, I'd like to know.

Mac controls
There is a lack of it. There is no F2 button on macs, what's the button for that them? --Gil2455526 21:55, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Alt-shift
This does not work for me. I suspect it may be an OS 'sticky key' feature, and not actually related to Minecraft. -- Orthotope 13:13, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

XBox 360 Controller with PC
I've been told you can play it on PC with a 360 controller, and wonder if and how much the controls differ from the 360 Edition. Could somebody who knows please add a section or page for it (I also have no idea how to get the 360 controller properly hooked up to a PC in the first place, so info on that would help as well)? 208.93.223.162 03:04, 24 February 2013 (UTC)