Minecraft:Controls/Old keys

Template:Outdated Template:Wip These keys of Minecraft:controls are no longer usable in the current versions of the game.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20090520141329/http://www.mojang.com/notch/minecraft/ Archived page of Minecraft Classic from May 20th 2009 </ref>

Other editions of Minecraft have either been discontinued or long forgotten about (such as Template:El and Template:El). However, their controls are documented here for historical purposes.

Java Edition

Key	Versions used	Function
Template:Key	Minecraft:0.0.20a–Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20091223-1459	Brought up the list of usable Minecraft:blocks in Classic Creative, and the first two Creative Minecraft:Indev 0.31 versions.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100128-2200-Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100129-1447	Brought up the crafting GUI.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20091231-1856–Minecraft:Beta 1.3_01	Brought up inventory before Beta 1.4 changed the key to Template:Key. (If preferred, this key can still be used by binding it in Options... → Controls... → Key Binds... → Inventory → Open/Close Inventory).
Template:KeyTemplate:Info needed	Minecraft:0.0.14a_04–Minecraft:0.30	Set Minecraft:spawn point in Classic Creative.
Template:Key	(Respawn above random<ref group="note">More specifically, the x and z coordinates were pseudorandom numbers from 0≤x<256 and the y coordinate was always 74</ref> points of the map) Minecraft:rd-132211–Minecraft:0.0.13a_03 (Respawn at set spawn point) Minecraft:0.0.14a_04–Minecraft:0.30	Moved the player to random points of the map, before Minecraft:0.0.14a_04. Respawned the player at set spawn point.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.24 SURVIVAL TEST-Minecraft:0.30	Shot arrows.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.2.2	Spawned a Minecraft:nether portal. Used for debug by Minecraft:Notch and removed in a second revision of the same version, without changing the version number.
Template:Key	Minecraft:0.26 SURVIVAL TEST–Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 20100207-1703	Toggled rain in Classic and Indev.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624–Minecraft:Alpha v1.1.2_01	Shows lagometer if held down.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Alpha v1.1.1–Minecraft:Alpha v1.1.2_01	Shows FPS, and debug info, if held down.
Template:Key and Template:Key	Minecraft:Beta 1.8 Pre-release	Moved the day/night cycle backward and forward, respectively (only in singleplayer).
Template:Key	Minecraft:0.0.10a - Minecraft:0.0.12a_03	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, allowing for review 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.
Template:Key	Minecraft:rd-132211 - Minecraft:0.0.22a_05	Functioned the same way as Template:Key, would move the player left; WASD keys and arrow keys could be both used as movement.
Template:Key	Minecraft:rd-132211 - Minecraft:0.0.22a_05	Functioned the same way as Template:Key, would move the player right; WASD keys and arrow keys could be both used as movement.
Template:Key	Minecraft:rd-132211 - Minecraft:0.0.22a_05	Functioned the same way as Template:Key, would move the player forward; WASD keys and arrow keys could be both used as movement.
Template:Key	Minecraft:rd-132211 - Minecraft:0.0.22a_05	Functioned the same way as Template:Key, would move the player backward; the WASD keys and arrow keys could be both used as movement.
Template:Key	Minecraft:rd-132211 - Minecraft:0.0.22a_05	Functioned the same way as Template:Key, the Space key and Windows key could be both used as Minecraft:jump.
Template:Key	Minecraft:rd-160052 – Minecraft:0.0.23a_01	Spawned a mob in Pre-Classic and Classic Creative.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161616–Minecraft:0.0.22a_05	Inverted mouse in Classic Creative.
Template:Key	Minecraft:0.0.12a–Minecraft:0.0.22a_05 Minecraft:0.0.23a_01-Minecraft:Beta 1.7.3	Toggled render distance (fog), changed to Template:Key + Template:Key in Beta 1.8.
Template:Key	Minecraft:0.0.22a_01-Minecraft:0.0.22a_05	Toggled both sound and music.
Template:Key	Minecraft:0.0.12a - Minecraft:0.0.12a_03	Generated a new map in Classic Creative.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20091231-1856 – Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 20100223	Isometrically rendered a finite map in Minecraft Indev and 0.31 Indev.
Template:Key + Template:Key	Minecraft:Beta 1.2_02 – Minecraft: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.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> 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 available RAM. During this time it would attempt to generate a file of 1.8 GB in size that may end up corrupt.
Template:Key	Minecraft:Beta 1.3–Minecraft:12w08a	Slowly pans the camera when moving. (Now must be configured in Options... → Controls... → Key Binds... → Miscellaneous → Toggle Cinematic Camera).
Template:Key	Minecraft:13w47a–Minecraft:1.8.9	Pause/unpause the Twitch stream
Any Key (defaults to NONE)		Mute/unmute microphone, if applicable
		Show stream commercials
Template:Key		Start/stop the Twitch stream

Debugging controls

Template:Info needed section These controls are used for debugging and were unintentionally left in-game in the following versions: Minecraft:Beta 1.8 Pre-release (pre-reupload only), Minecraft:Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 and snapshot Minecraft:12w08a.<ref name="Pre5Unintended">Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Tweet</ref> The controls are called the "deadmau5 camera".<ref name="deadmau5camera">Template:Tweet</ref>

Key	Function
Template:Key	Zooms in camera.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Zooms out camera.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key + Template:Key	Resets the camera's zoom.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Rotates camera Counter-Clockwise.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Rotates camera Clockwise.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key + Template:Key	Resets the camera's rotation.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Pans camera forward.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Pans camera backward.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Slowly pans the camera up.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Slowly pans the camera down.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Slowly pans the camera left.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Slowly pans the camera right.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Freezes the player's y-axis position if pressed once, and pressing it again unfreezes their y-axis position.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />
Template:Key	Freezes the player's camera in place.<ref name="Pre5Unintended" />

Bedrock Edition

Button	Versions used	Function
Search Button	Alpha 0.1.2	The search button used to be able to change the camera to and from Minecraft: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.
File:Fly button.png	0.12.1-1.20.70	The button was used to disable fly mode in Creative mode. When double clicked, the player would stop flying, the button would revert to File:Jump button.png, and the File:Fly up button.png and File:Fly down button.png buttons would disappear.
width=30x30 width=30x30	1.18.30-1.21.80	The button was used to dismount the player from rideable entities. The horse or camel jumped (Joystick only).
width=30x30 width=30x30	1.18.30-1.21.80	The button was used to dismount the player from horse or camel (Joystick only).
Template:Key	1.16.200-1.21.90	(for Windows only) Toggles between Minecraft:RTX rendering and the default. This only works if there is an active RTX resource pack.

Template:El

Notes

• On the Template:El (when playing on the PlayStation Vita), Template:El (when playing on the Wii U GamePad), and Template:El (when playing in Tabletop or Handheld mode), the touchscreen can be used to control the tooltips shown at the bottom of the screen (if enabled), as well as the menus and inventory.
  • Likewise, on the Template:El, the Touch pad can be used to move the inventory cursor as well as control the menus by swiping.
• The Template:El can be played with a Wii U GamePad, Wii U Pro Controller, Classic Controller, or Classic Controller Pro. It cannot be played with a Wii Remote, Wii Remote Plus, or Nunchuk.
  • Note: While the Template:El can not be played with a Wii Remote or Wii Remote Plus, a Wii Remote or Wii Remote Plus is required to play with a Classic Controller or Classic Controller Pro.
• The Template:El can be played with a pair of Joy-Con, the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, or the Nintendo Switch Lite. It cannot be played with a single Joy-Con, as it does not have enough buttons or control sticks.

Gameplay

Default							In-game option name	Function
Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Pause	Pause the game
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Players	Shows the list of players in-game.
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Move	Look/move; when quickly pushed forward and then moved, enables sprinting while the button is held.
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Look	Look/move
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn(press)<ref name="a" group="Fn">Wii U GamePad and Wii U Pro Controller.</ref>/Template:Wbtn<ref name="b" group="Fn">Classic Controller and Classic Controller Pro.</ref>	Template:Nsbtn	Change Camera Mode	Change the camera angle (toggles First Person, Second Person, and Third Person view)
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn(press)<ref name="a" group="Fn" />/Template:Wbtn<ref name="b" group="Fn" />	Template:Nsbtn	Sneak	Sneak/walk or in Creative mode, to lower the height while flying.
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Jump	Jump
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Drop	Drop/toss an item from the Hotbar. If Minecraft:items are stacked, only one gets thrown/tossed/dropped.<ref group="Fn">There is no actual "throw" command; "drop" (default Template:Xbtn/Template:Xbtn/Template:Psbtn/Template:Psbtn/Template:Psvbtn/Template:Wbtn/Template:Nsbtn) tosses an object approximately 2 to 3 Minecraft:blocks from the player. Minecraft:Eggs and Minecraft:snowballs can be thrown by the "use" command (default Template:Xbtn/Template:Xbtn/Template:Psbtn/Template:Psbtn/Template:Psvbtn/Template:Wbtn/Template:Nsbtn). The eggs and snowballs fly in an arc.</ref>
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Minecraft:Crafting / Creative	Open up Minecraft:Crafting menu, or the item list if in Creative mode If the "Classic Crafting" option is enabled, it opens the inventory.
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Minecraft:Inventory	Open up the Minecraft:Inventory
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Cycle Held Item (Left)	Cycle left in the Hotbar
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Cycle Held Item (Right)	Cycle right in the Hotbar
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Place	Place Minecraft:blocks; Fire with a Minecraft:bow; block using a Minecraft:sword; use special blocks such as Minecraft:chests, doors, and Minecraft:levers; enter vehicles; toggle Minecraft:levers/doors (click once) Also: Eat Minecraft:food, Minecraft:hoe Minecraft:farmland, shear Minecraft:sheep
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Mine	Destroy Minecraft:blocks; Mine/destroy blocks (hold down); attack (click once).

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In crafting

Default							In-game option name	Function
Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS	Template:OS
Template:Xbtn/Template:Xbtn/Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn/Template:Xbtn/Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn/Template:Psbtn/Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn/Template:Psbtn/Template:Psbtn/Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn/Template:Psvbtn/Template:Psvbtn/Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn/Template:Wbtn/Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn/Template:Nsbtn/Template:Nsbtn/Template:NsbtnTemplate:NsbtnTemplate:NsbtnTemplate:Nsbtn	Pointer/Move	Move pointer/selected Minecraft:block/Minecraft:item
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Minecraft:Craft	Create Minecraft:items
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Exit	Exit the Minecraft:crafting table menu
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Split and Desc.	Take half of the highlighted stack/show information about the selected Minecraft:block/Minecraft:item
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Quick Move	Quickly moves a Minecraft:block/Minecraft:item into its appropriate space
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Change Group (Left)	Changes the groups of craftable Minecraft:items, moving left
Template:Xbtn	Template:Xbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psbtn	Template:Psvbtn	Template:Wbtn	Template:Nsbtn	Change Group (Right)	Changes the groups of craftable Minecraft:items, moving right

Template:El

All of the controls in the New Nintendo 3DS Edition are fixed and cannot be changed.

Action	Function
Template:OS
START/SELECT	Pause
Circle Pad	Move
C Stick	Look
Template:Wbtn	Jump/Fly Up
Template:Wbtn	Drop Item
Template:Key	Attack/Destroy
Template:Key	Use Item/Place Block
Template:Wbtn	Crafting
Template:Wbtn	Inventory
Template:Key/Template:Wbtn	Cycle Item Left
Template:Key/Template:Wbtn	Cycle Item Right
Template:Wbtn	Toggle Perspective
Template:Wbtn	Sneak/Fly Down

Template:El

All of the controls in the Pi Edition are fixed and cannot be changed.

Action	Function
Template:Mouse	Turning; aiming; third person camera movement.
Template:Mouse	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.
Template:Mouse	Place blocks; Charge a Minecraft:bow (firing is broken).
Template:Mouse	Scrolls through the Hotbar.
Template:Key	Opens up or closes the menu and gives back cursor control.
Template:Key–Template:Key	Selects the appropriate Hotbar item.
Template:Key	Move forward.
Template:Key	Strafe left.
Template:Key	Move backward.
Template:Key	Strafe right.
Template:Key	Jump. When double-tapped, toggles Fly Mode. When Fly Mode is on, causes the player to gain Minecraft:altitude (ascend).
Template:Key	Sneak. When Fly Mode is on, causes the player to lose Minecraft:altitude (descend).
Template:Key	Open the list of blocks.
Template:Key	Release the mouse cursor from the game window without opening the pause menu.

Template:El: Xperia Play

Action	Function
Right Bumper	Place block
Left Bumper	Destroy block
File:PlayStationTriangle.svg	Open Minecraft:inventory
File:PlayStationCircle.svg	Cycle right in the hotbar
File:PlayStationX.svg	Jump
File:PlayStationSquare.svg	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 (Minecraft:multiplayer only). Tap to change selection in hotbar
Search Button	Toggle Minecraft: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.