Minecraft: Java Edition and Bedrock Edition for Windows 10 uses the standard control scheme of mouse and keyboard controls as input. The game cannot be played using only a mouse or only a keyboard using the default control scheme. The controls menu is located in the Options setting.
Java Edition
Non-configurable controls
Note: On many notebook computers and most Macs, "Function keys" (briefly "F-keys") do not operate in their default configuration. The player can often get around this by pressing the Fn key or sometimes the ⇧ Shift key while they press an F-key. To make F-keys work in macOS, go to the Apple menu → System Preferences → Keyboard and mouse and check the "Use F1, F2 etc. as normal keys". If the player choose the first option, they can then use the Fn key to switch F-keys back to actions they used to do (e.g. play/pause music, etc). The player can also use the F-keys by holding the option button while pressing them.
PC Minecraft uses a combination of the mouse and keyboard for controls, generically known as "mouselook/keymove". Many prior games (such as DOOM and Quake) have used such a scheme, but those who have not played such a game before, may need practice to get around effectively. Creative mode or Peaceful survival mode are helpful for a player to gain familiarity with the controls.
Default | Function |
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Pick an item up from a slot; split a stack evenly (hold and drag); sort loose items into one stack (double-click). | |
Pick an item up from a slot; Pick an item on a slot in half; Place one item from a stack in each inventory slot (hold and drag). | |
Turning; aiming; camera movement. | |
Scrolls through the Hotbar and the chat when opened. | |
Esc | Opens up the menu and gives back cursor control. Pauses Singleplayer games. Closes any open GUI. Exits the chat/command window. |
Left Control+B or Right Control+B | Toggles the Narrator. |
F1 | Toggles the Heads-Up Display.
Use this in conjunction with F2 to take screenshots without the HUD. This option is also useful when exploring with a map. |
F3 | Pressing this key toggles the appearance of extra debug information on the top of the screen alongside the Minecraft version, such as FPS (frames per second), chunk updates, and available memory.
Pressing the keys 1 - 9 while in the debug screen shows a more detailed view of the graph on the right. Pressing 0 shows a less detailed graph. (Hold ⇧ Shift before pressing F3 to display the Profiler graph.) Pressing Q while holding F3 brings up a help menu, showing all F3 shortcuts. Pressing A while holding F3 reloads all chunks. Pressing T while holding F3 reloads all textures, sounds and web-loaded client resources, which is useful for resource pack authors. Pressing P while holding F3 toggles the auto-pause when the window loses focus. Pressing H while holding F3 toggles detailed item descriptions.
Pressing C while holding F3 for at least 6 seconds triggers a manual debug crash on purpose after the keys are released. Pressing B while holding F3 toggles showing the hitbox around entities. Pressing D while holding F3 clears chat history (including previously typed commands) Pressing N while holding F3 switches the player's game mode between Creative and Spectator. Pressing G while holding F3 shows the chunk boundaries immediately surrounding the player Pressing Esc while holding F3 pauses the game without bringing up the pause menu. |
⇧ Shift | When the inventory is open, ⇧ Shift+ clicking on an item or stack moves it between the inventory and the hotbar. ⇧ Shift+ clicking on a piece of armor moves the piece between inventory and the armor slots.
When a container is open, ⇧ Shift+ clicking on an item moves up to a stack between the container and the inventory. Existing stacks are filled first, then empty slots from top to bottom then from left to right. ⇧ Shift+ double clicking moves all items of the same kind. To ⇧ Shift+ double click, get one item in your hand and then while holding shift, double click on another item type that you want to move. When a furnace is open, ⇧ Shift+ clicking an item or stack in the furnace moves it to the inventory, and ⇧ Shift+ clicking an item or stack in the inventory moves it into the "item" (not fuel) slot of the furnace. Note: coal, charcoal, & lava bucket move to the fuel position. When crafting, ⇧ Shift+ clicking the crafted item automatically crafts the maximum number of that item for the materials being used (up to one stack), and moves all crafted items to the inventory. In the survival inventory tab of the creative inventory, ⇧ Shift+ clicking the X clears the whole inventory. In any other tab, ⇧ Shift+ clicking an item puts a stack onto the hotbar. When in the Multiplayer server selection menu, ⇧ Shift + ↑ and ⇧ Shift + ↓ moves a server name to a specific position. Holding shift while a server name is selected and left clicking another server name causes them to swap. |
Configurable controls
Default | In-game option name | Keybind identifier | Function |
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Movement | |||
Spacebar | Jump | key.jump | Jump. When swimming, keeps the player afloat. When double-tapped, toggles Fly Mode (Creative only). When Fly Mode is on, causes the player to gain altitude (ascend). Player flies faster if sprinting while double-tapping the spacebar. |
⇧ Left Shift | Sneak | key.sneak | Sneak. When Fly Mode is on, causes the player to lose altitude (descend).
Holding Shift and pressing use on an usable block with a block in hand overrides the USE action and places the block instead. For example, using a lever on a block that would usually open an internal inventory (such as a dispenser) places the lever instead. Used to get off rideable entities. |
Left Control | Sprint | key.sprint | Start sprinting. Increase speed when Fly Mode is on. |
A | Strafe Left | key.left | Strafe left. |
D | Strafe Right | key.right | Strafe right. |
S | Walk Backward | key.back | Move backward. |
W | Walk Forward | key.forward | Move forward. When double-tapped, causes the player to sprint (unless the character is too hungry). When Fly Mode is on, double-tapping increases the speed at which the player flies. |
Gameplay | |||
Attack/Destroy | key.attack | Destroy blocks (hold down); Attack (click once). | |
Pick Block | key.pickItem | Switch to the block currently looked at, as long as it is in the inventory. In Creative mode, if the block is not in the hotbar, replaces the currently active hotbar slot with the block currently looked at, ignoring whether or not the block is in your inventory. Clicking on a mob gives that mob's spawn egg, if there is one. Clicking on a painting, minecart (with or without chest, furnace or hopper), or boat give the corresponding item.
The monster spawner is the only exception to the use of the pick block. This is unlikely to be changed in the future. Hovering over an item in an inventory and clicking with the mouse wheel when in creative gives the maximum stack of that item. Dragging over slots of inventory/container while holding an item fills them with full stacks of copies of that item. If used on a tile entity while holding Ctrl, or ⌘ Cmd (for some Macs), the tile entity's nbt data are copied. The block given to the player has the Lore: (+NBT). | |
Use Item/Place Block | key.use |
Place blocks, toggle switches/doors (click once), charge a bow (release to fire), block using a shield, use special blocks like chests, doors, and switches, enter vehicles, eat food, drink potions, hoe farmland, shear or dye a sheep, command tamed wolves and ocelots to sit, trade with villagers, place fire using flint and steel or a fire charge, name a mob with a name tag, attach a lead to an animal or attach an animal on a lead to a fence, cast or reel in a fishing rod, throw a splash potion, egg, ender pearl, eye of ender, bottle o' enchanting, or snowball, equip armor from the hotbar if the associated armor slot is empty, eating cake, starting a furnace minecart. Commonly, if both the item held and the block clicked on has a such purpose (like trying to place dirt on a chest), the block overrules the item. This also means a player can punch an entity while eating/drinking, however the eating/drinking resets when a player presses Button 1. This button also uses items in the off-hand. Only items with a right click function can be used, and they are available only if the item in the main hand does not have a right click action, or its right click action cannot be performed. | |
Inventory | |||
Q | Drop Selected Item | key.drop | Drop/toss an item. If items are stacked, only one gets thrown/tossed/dropped. In recent versions of Java edition, holding the key causes single items to be dropped quickly from a stack. There is no actual "throw" command; "drop" (default Q) tosses an object approximately 2 to 3 blocks from the player. Eggs, Ender Pearls, Eyes of Ender, and Snowballs can be thrown by the "use" command (default right-clicking). Ctrl+Q drops the whole stack of items. On Macs, one must use the command button instead, but because this quits the game, do Ctrl+Cmd+Q instead.
Note that there is no corresponding Pick Up command. Dropped items are picked up (if there is room in inventory/hotbar) by moving near them. Placed items are picked up by "mining" (e.g. chopping up a sign with an axe), when they behave as dropped items and can be picked up as such. |
1 - 9 | Hotbar Slot | key.hotbar.1 - key.hotbar.9 | Selects the appropriate hotbar item. When in the Inventory GUI, moves the stack of items under the mouse pointer to the corresponding hotbar slot and vice-versa. |
E | Open/Close Inventory | key.inventory | Opens the Inventory. Close any open GUI. |
F | Swap Items In Hands | key.swapHands | Switches the items in the players main and off hand. |
Creative Mode | |||
X | Load Toolbar Activator | key.loadToolbarActivator | Press this key + any number, to access any of the 9 saved toolbars. |
C | Save Toolbar Activator | key.saveToolbarActivator | Press this key + any number, to save the current toolbar under that number. |
Multiplayer | |||
Tab ↹ | List Players | key.playerlist | In Multiplayer, hold the Tab key to see a list of players.
When in the chat window, Tab cycles through possible commands or arguments and also complete player names. |
T | Open Chat | key.chat | Chat and Server commands. If pressed while the Creative mode inventory is open, it switches to the Search tab. |
/ | Open Command | key.command | Opens the chat window with the "/" character already typed. On some keyboards (Nordic layout at least) this button might be asterisk/apostrophe (*/ ' ). |
Miscellaneous | |||
L | Advancements | key.advancements | Open the advancements screen. |
NONE | Highlight Players (Spectators) | key.spectatorOutlines | Highlights players in Spectator mode. |
F2 | Take Screenshot | key.screenshot | Simply pressing this key takes a screenshot and place it in: %appdata%\.minecraft\screenshots on Windows |
NONE | Toggle Cinematic Camera | key.smoothCamera | Toggles mouse smoothing. Looking around becomes a slow, smooth and more cinematic motion. |
F11 | Toggle Fullscreen | key.fullscreen | Toggles full-screen mode.
When using some Apple keyboards, F11 must be pressed while holding Fn and ⌥option to enter fullscreen. Using F11 alone toggles Exposé, and pressing F11 while holding Fn turns down the volume or vice versa, depending on system preferences. Some people are experiencing a bug while exiting from full-screen mode that causes an inescapable black screen. When that's the case, use ALT+TAB to switch out of Minecraft and switch it back to windowed mode. On Linux, mouse input is often buggy while in full-screen mode. After entering full-screen mode on Linux, the mouse typically restricts the player to a single 360-degree rotation. This can be fixed by hitting ESC to release the mouse then hitting ESC again to regrab it. Also, note that this may not respect multiple monitors and Minecraft may occupy all screens instead of the one it is active on. |
F5 | Toggle Perspective | key.togglePerspective | Toggles between first person, third person from the back and third person from the front. |
Visual map
Video
- Note: This video dates from release 1.4.7, and so does not show all controls currently available, such as the sprint control.
Bedrock Edition
Keyboard & Mouse
The keyboard & mouse controls are similar to the Java Edition, with a few differences. These controls can be changed in the Options. Keyboard controls are unavailable on Nintendo Switch or iOS. Mouse controls are available only on Xbox, PlayStation, and Windows; however, the controls can be configured to the keyboard on other platforms.[needs in-game testing]
- Non-configurable controls
Default | Function |
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Picks up an item from a slot (a stack from Creative inventory) (click once); Splits a stack evenly (hold and drag); sort loose items into one stack (double-click) | |
Picks up an item from a slot; Picks up an item from a slot in half; Places one item from a stack in each inventory slot (hold and drag); | |
Turning; aiming; camera movement. | |
Scrolls through the Hotbar, inventory menus, and the chat when opened. | |
ESC | Opens up the menu and gives back cursor control. Closes any open GUI. Exits the chat/command window. |
F1 | Toggles the Heads-Up Display. |
F8 | Toggles the paper doll from showing. |
⇧ Shift | When the inventory is open, Shift + clicking on an item or stack moves it between the inventory and the hotbar. Shift + clicking on a piece of armor moves the piece between inventory and the armor slots.
When a container is open, Shift + clicking on an item transfers it between the container and the inventory. Existing stacks are filled first, then empty slots from top to bottom then from left to right. When a furnace is open, Shift + clicking an item or stack in the furnace moves it to the inventory, and Shift + clicking an item or stack in the inventory moves it into the input slot of the furnace. Fuel items move into the fuel slot first if it is empty or if the item that occupied the slot is less than a stack of the same kind. When crafting, Shift + clicking the crafted item automatically crafts the maximum number of that item for the materials being used (up to one stack), and moves all crafted items to the inventory. Shift + clicking an item from the Creative inventory menu puts the maximum stack of the item onto the hotbar (inventory if full). |
↑, ↓, ←, → | Switch the highlighted slot or interactable buttons onto another; Move the dragged item onto different slot or other interactable buttons. |
- Configurable controls
Default | In-game option name | Function |
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Attack/Destroy | Destroys blocks (hold down); Attacks (click once). | |
Pick Block | Switch to the block currently looked at, as long as it is in the inventory. In Creative mode, if the block is not in the hotbar, replaces the currently active hotbar slot with the block currently looked at, ignoring whether or not the block is in the player's inventory. Clicking on a mob or entity gives that mob's spawn egg or the corresponding item, if there is one.
If used on a tile entity while holding Ctrl, the tile entity's nbt data is copied. The block given to the player has the Lore: (+DATA). | |
Use Item/Place Block | Places blocks, interact with blocks, entities, or items, equip armor from the hotbar if the associated armor slot is empty.
If both the item held and the faced block interactable, the block overrules the item; that is, the player interacts with the block. | |
Q | Drop Item | Drop/toss an item. If items are stacked, only one is thrown/tossed/dropped. Ctrl + Q drops the whole stack of items. |
1 - 9 | Hotbar Slot | Selects the appropriate hotbar item. |
E | Inventory | Opens the Inventory. Closes any open GUI. |
F5 | Toggle Perspective | Toggles between first person, third person from the back and third person from the front. |
Spacebar | Jump/Fly Up | Jumps the player. When swimming, keeps the player afloat. Double-tapping toggles Fly Mode (Creative only). Causes the player to ascend while flying. |
⇧ Shift | Sneak/Fly Down | Sneak. When Fly Mode is on, causes the player to sneak midair and lose altitude (descend).
Holding Shift and pressing use on an interactable block with a block in hand overrides the use action and places the block instead. Dismounts the player from rideable entities. |
Ctrl | Sprint | Starts sprinting. Speed increases when Fly Mode is on. |
A | Strafe Left | Moves the player leftward. |
D | Strafe Right | Moves the player rightward. |
S | Walk Backward | Moves the player backward. |
W | Walk Forward | Moves the player forward. |
Z | Mob Effects | Opens/closes the potion effects window. |
T, ↵ Enter | Open/Close Chat | Opens/closes the chat window. |
/ | Open Command | Opens the chat window with the "/" character already typed. |
[ | Menu Tab Left | Cycles the inventory/world menu/settings tabs to the left. |
] | Menu Tab Right | Cycles the inventory/world menu/settings tabs to the right. |
If Full Keyboard Gameplay is enabled, the following inputs are made available/used instead.
Default | In-game option name | Function |
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- | Look Up Slight | Moves the camera 15 degrees up. |
+ | Look Down Slight | Moves the camera 15 degrees down. |
NUM 9 | Look Up Right | Moves the camera 45 degrees up-right. |
NUM 8 | Look Up | Moves the camera 45 degrees up. |
NUM 7 | Look Up Left | Moves the camera 45 degrees up-left. |
NUM 6 | Look Right | Moves the camera 45 degrees right. |
NUM 5, End, \ | Look Center | Moves the camera to the middle. |
NUM 4 | Look Left | Moves the camera 45 degrees left. |
NUM 3 | Look Down Right | Moves the camera 45 degrees down-right. |
NUM 2 | Look Down | Moves the camera 45 degrees down. |
NUM 1 | Look Down Left | Moves the camera 45 degrees down-left. |
↑ | Look Up Smooth | Moves the camera up smoothly. |
↓ | Look Down Smooth | Moves the camera down smoothly. |
← | Look Left Smooth | Moves the camera left smoothly. |
→ | Look Right Smooth | Moves the camera right smoothly. |
PgUp | Cycle Item Left | Cycles the selected hotbar to the left. |
PgDn | Cycle Item Right | Cycles the selected hotbar to the right. |
Q | Attack/Destroy | Functions are equivalent to left click in normal mode. |
X | Pick Block | Functions are equivalent to middle click in normal mode. |
E | Use Item/Place Block | Functions are equivalent to right click in normal mode. |
Z | Drop Item | Functions are equivalent to Q in normal mode. |
1 - 9 | Hotbar Slot | Functions are the same as in normal mode. |
C | Inventory | Functions are equivalent to E in normal mode. |
F5 | Toggle Perspective | Functions are the same as in normal mode. |
Spacebar | Jump/Fly Up | |
⇧ Shift | Sneak/Fly Down | |
Ctrl | Sprint | |
A | Strafe Left | |
D | Strafe Right | |
S | Walk Backward | |
W | Walk Forward | |
Tab ↹ | Mob Effects | Functions are equivalent to Z in normal mode. |
T, ↵ Enter | Open/Close Chat | Functions are the same as in normal mode. |
/ | Open Command | |
[ | Menu Tab Left | |
] | Menu Tab Right |
Controller
The controller controls are similar to the Xbox One Edition, Nintendo Switch Edition and PlayStation 4 Edition, with some differences. All of these controls, except the stick controls, can be changed in the Options. On Nintendo Switch, the game can be played with a pair of Joy-Con or any full controller that supports Nintendo Switch, such as the Pro Controller. It cannot be played with a single Joy-Con. If the controller has analog sticks, then / would be used for moving and / would be used for looking. The blank spaces mean that the function is, by default, left unassigned and it is up to the player to assign a button to it. All platforms support controllers.
Touch
Touch controls for touch screen devices use controls shown on the screen. Split-touch controls displays a crosshair. Split-touch controls can be toggled in the Settings. Tap and hold to break a block with split-touch controls, and tap to place a block. Whatever the crosshairs is over is the block that breaks when held down, or where a block is placed when tapping the screen. Touch controls are available on all mobile devices, as well as Windows.
Function | Action |
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Movement | Tap forward, back, left, and right symbols on the D-pad on the screen. |
Jump | Tap the square symbol on the screen. Also, the character auto-jumps when moving toward a block if the Auto-Jump setting is turned on. Used for exiting Minecarts. |
Fly | Tap the square symbol in the screen twice. Hold the square symbol, slide finger forward to go up, slide finger back to go down. Normal movement controls move forward, back, left, or right. Flying is possible only in creative mode. |
Place Block | Tap the desired area to place the block. |
Break Block | Hold finger down on the desired block to break. How long it takes to break the block is indicated by a circular icon on the screen, varying on the tool being used to break it. |
Attack | Tap on a mob to attack it. |
Move Camera | Slide finger across the screen. |
Use item | To use bone meal, flint and steel, crafting table, stonecutter, furnace, buckets, spawn eggs, plant crops, open chest, open/close doors, trapdoors or fence gates, sleep, eat cake or activate the nether reactor, tap on the desired item. To use tools, shears, dye, throw snowballs or eggs, aim a bow, eat, breed, tame, ignite creepers or enter Minecarts, tap and hold on the desired item or, with certain actions, scroll onto entity and tap the interaction button. |
Drop item | Long-press on a hotbar inventory slot for about 2 seconds to drop the entire stack. |
Toggle sneaking | Double-tap the sneak button (the button with an open circle). When sneaking, the button has an indented texture. |
Legacy Versions
These versions have either been discontinued or long forgotten about. However, their controls are documented here for historical purposes.
Pi Edition
All of the controls in the Pi Edition are fixed and cannot be changed.
Action | Function |
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Turning; aiming; third person camera movement. | |
Destroy blocks (hold down shortly); Move a block from the selection screen to the first hotbar slot, pushing the rest of the items one slot to the right. | |
Place blocks; Charge a bow (firing is broken). | |
Scrolls through the Hotbar. | |
Esc | Opens up or closes the menu and gives back cursor control. |
1 - 8 | Selects the appropriate Hotbar item. |
W | Move forward. |
A | Strafe left. |
S | Move backward. |
D | Strafe right. |
Spacebar | Jump. When double-tapped, toggles Fly Mode. When Fly Mode is on, causes the player to gain altitude (ascend). |
⇧ Left Shift | Sneak. When Fly Mode is on, causes the player to lose altitude (descend). |
E | Open the list of blocks. |
Tab ↹ | Release the mouse cursor from the game window without opening the pause menu. |
Pocket Edition: Xperia PLAY
Key | Function |
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Right Bumper | Place block |
Left Bumper | Destroy block |
Open inventory | |
Cycle right in the hotbar | |
Jump | |
Cycle left in the hotbar | |
Directional Keys | Movement |
Left Touch Pad | Sneak |
Right Touch Pad | Moves the camera |
Menu | Open game menu |
Touch Screen | Chat (multiplayer only). Tap to change selection in hotbar |
Search Button | Toggle third person view |
Note: For Xperia Play owners using the gamepad, while in creative mode, the lowest two rows of items are beneath the screen, and one cannot scroll down to see them. They are still accessible, but it requires either remembering how many times one has to press the directional buttons to access them, or trial-and-error. This is most prominent in the 4.0 update, as the amount of items has increased, and now sixteen items are hidden. The only way to see them is to turn on the option to use touch controls in the options menu.
Legacy Console Edition
Notes
- On PlayStation Vita Edition, the touchscreen can be used to control the tooltips shown at the bottom of the screen (if enabled).
- The Wii U Edition can be played on the Wii U Gamepad, Wii U Pro Controller or Wii Classic Controller. It does not support the Wii Remote or Nunchuck.
- The Nintendo Switch Edition can be played on a pair of Joy-Con or any full controller that supports Nintendo Switch, such as the Pro Controller. It does not support a single Joy-Con.
Gameplay
Button | In-game option name | Function | ||||||
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Pause | Pause the game | |||||||
Players | Shows the list of players in-game. | |||||||
Move | Look/move; when quickly pushed forward and then moved, enables sprinting for as long as you hold it. | |||||||
Look | Look/move | |||||||
(clicked) | (clicked) | (clicked) | (clicked) | (clicked) | (clicked) | Change Camera Mode | Change the camera angle (toggles First Person, Second Person,and Third Person view) | |
(clicked) | (clicked) | (clicked) | (clicked) | (clicked) | (clicked) | Sneak | Sneak/walk or in Creative mode, to lower the height while flying. | |
Jump | Jump | |||||||
Drop | Drop/toss an item from the Hotbar. If items are stacked, only one gets thrown/tossed/dropped.[a] | |||||||
Crafting / Creative | Open up Crafting menu, or the item list if in creative mode If the "Classic Crafting" option is enabled, it opens the inventory. | |||||||
Inventory | Open up the Inventory | |||||||
Cycle Held Item (Left) | Cycle left in the Hotbar | |||||||
Cycle Held Item (Right) | Cycle right in the Hotbar | |||||||
Place | Place Blocks; Fire with a bow; block using a sword; use special blocks such as chests, doors, and switches; enter vehicles; Toggle Switches/Doors (Click once) | |||||||
Mine | Destroy Blocks; Mine/destroy blocks (Hold down); Attack (Click once). |
In crafting
Button | In-game option name | Function | ||||||
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/ / | / / | / / | / / / | / / / | / / | / / / | Pointer/Move | Move pointer/selected block/item |
Craft | Create item | |||||||
Exit | Exit the Crafting Table menu | |||||||
Split and Desc. | Take half of the highlighted stack/show information about the selected block/item | |||||||
Quick Move | Quickly moves a block/item into its appropriate space | |||||||
Change Group (Left) | Changes the groups of craftable items, moving left | |||||||
Change Group (Right) | Changes the groups of craftable items, moving right |
Old Keys
Below are the list of keys which are no longer usable in the current versions of the game.[1]
Java Edition
Key | Versions used | Function |
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B | 0.0.20a - Java Edition Indev 0.31 20091223-2 | Brought up the list of usable blocks in Classic Creative, and the first two Creative Indev 0.31 versions. |
B | Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100129 | Brought up the crafting GUI. |
I | Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100105 - Beta 1.3_01 | Brought up Inventory before Beta 1.4 changed the key to E. |
↵ Enter | 0.0.14a_04 - 0.30 | Set Spawn Point in Classic Creative. |
R | (Respawn above random points of the map) rd-132211 - 0.0.13a_03
(Respawn at set spawn point) 0.0.14a_04 - 0.30 |
Moved the player to random points of the map, before 0.0.14a_04. Respawned the player at set spawn point. |
F4 | Java Edition Alpha v1.2.2 | Spawned a Nether Portal. Used for debug by Notch and removed in a second revision of the same version, without changing the version number. |
F5 | 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST - Java Edition Indev 20100207-2 | Toggled rain in Classic, and Indev. |
F6 | Java Edition Infdev 20100624 - Alpha v1.1.2_01 | Shows lagometer if held down. |
F3 | Alpha v1.1.1 - Alpha v1.1.2_01 | Shows FPS, and debug info, if held down. |
F6 and F7 |
Beta 1.8 Pre-release | Moved the day/night cycle backward and forward, respectively (only in singleplayer).
F6 in the pre-reupload also freezes the player's y-axis position if pressed once, and pressing it again unfreezes their y-axis position. |
F10 or Left Alt |
0.0.10a - | On Windows, focuses on the icon of the window and freezes all of Minecraft's processes, thus stopping setting the location of the mouse to the center of the window and letting the cursor become visible, although the cursor bounds stay the same. This allows you to think twice before taking a screenshot. Holding a movement key then toggling this on then off again makes that key stuck on, even if it is let go. Pressing the same movement key again stops it. |
G | rd-160052 – 0.0.23a_01 | Spawned a Human in Pre-Classic and Classic Creative. |
Y | Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161616 - 0.0.22a_05 | Inverted mouse in Classic Creative. |
F | 0.0.12a - Beta 1.7.3 | Toggled render distance (fog), changed to F3 + F in Beta 1.8. |
N | 0.0.12a - | Generated a new map in Classic Creative. |
F7 | Java Edition Indev 0.31 20091231-1 – Java Edition Indev 20100223 | Isometrically rendered a finite map in Minecraft Indev and 0.31 Indev. |
⇧ Shift + F2 |
Beta 1.2_02 – Beta 1.4_01 | Called an unfinished experimental screenshot function that attempted to generate a huge 645 megapixel TGA image with a resolution of 36,450×17,700 pixels.[2]
Pressing this key combination would cause Minecraft to either freeze for a while, displaying several clipped tiles of the current view or crash, depending on your amount of available RAM. During this time it would attempt to generate a file of 1.8 GB in size that may end up corrupt. |
F8 | Beta 1.3 - 12w08a | Slowly pans the camera when moving. (Now must be configured in Options... -> Controls... -> Miscellaneous -> Toggle Cinematic Camera) |
Debugging controls
These controls are used for debugging and were unintentionally left in-game in the following versions: Beta 1.8 Pre-release (pre-reupload only), Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 and snapshot 12w08a.[3][4] The controls are called the "deadmau5 camera".[5]
Pocket Edition
Key | Versions used | Function |
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Search Button | Alpha 0.1.2 | The search button used to be able to change the camera to and from third person view on all Android devices (with a search button), but now this has to be done via the pause screen, since many devices do not have a search button. The Xperia PLAY retains this functionality. |
Issues
Issues relating to "Controls" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
See also
References
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090520141329/http://www.mojang.com/notch/minecraft/ Archived page of Minecraft Classic from May 20th 2009
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/28553723806490624 - Notch's Tweet about Shift+F2
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/129585294214299648
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/172982497104240640
- ↑ a b https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/172983022038163456
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