Controls and Keyboard | Minecraft 101

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Controls in Minecraft

Some, but not all, of the controls can be reconfigured in the options screen.

Movement

Mouse

The mouse controls turning and aiming.

Keyboard

W Forward

S Backward

A Left

D Right

Space Jump

Shift Sneak

Double-tap the Forward key to sprint.

Flying

In Creative Mode, double-tap the Jump key to fly. When flying, press Jump to move

upwards and SHIFT to move downwards.

Mouse Buttons

Left Button

The left button is used hit things - i.e. to break blocks or attack an enemy. It will use the
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item you are using in your Main Hand.

Right Button

The right button is used for a lot of things:

placing blocks

using certain tools (hoeing farmland; shearing sheep)firing bows (hold to build power, then release)

throwing missiles (eggs, snowballs, splash potions)

eating and drinking

using the item in your off hand

operating buttons and levers

opening doors

accessing containers (chests, furnaces, brewing stands, etc)

When you click the Right Button, it can be a little bit difficult to predict what will

happen.

1. If your crosshairs are pointing at something that can be used or opened, such as

a switch, lever, door or chest, then that will be used or opened.

2. If you are holding an item in your Main Hand that can be used with a right click,

that will happen. Examples:

firing a Bow or throwing a Snowball;using a Hoe to create Farmland or a Shovel to create a Grass Path;

placing a block

3. If you are holding an item in your Off Hand that can be used or placed, than that

will happen.

TIP:To place a block against a container, you can hold down SHIFT whilst right

clicking, otherwise the container will be opened.

Inventory and Toolbar

Keyboard

E Open the Inventory

Q Drop the item in your hand on the floor.

Ctrl Q Drop a whole stack of items on the floor

19 Select an item from the Toolbar

F Swap the items in your Main Hand and Off Hand

Main Hand and Off Hand


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Your Main Hand is the one contolled by the Left Mouse Button - this will usually be your

right hand, but if you prefer to be left-handed you can change this in the Options

screen. You can place an item in your Main Hand using keys 19 to select it from the

toolbar.

Your Off Hand is your other hand. You can put an item in your Off Hand using the

Shield Slot in the Inventory screen, or you can press F to swap items between your

main hand.

Mouse controls

The middle button (if you have one) will Pickthe target block (ie the block that your

crosshairs are aimed at).

In Survival Mode this will select that block type if you have it in your inventory.

In Creative mode, it will select that block if you have it, and add it to your Toolbarif you dont.

The mouse wheel (if you have one) can be used to select items in your Toolbar.

If your inventory window is open, pressing 19 will add whatever item your mouse is

over to that slot on your Toolbar.

Other Controls

Esc Show the menu (this pauses a single-player game).

F1 Hide the interface.

F2 Take a screenshot.

F3 Open the debug screen.

F5 Change the view to one from behind or in front of you.

F8 Toggle mouse smoothing.

F11 Full screen mode.

T Open the chat window.

/ Open the chat window and type / to begin a command.

TAB See list of players (Multiplayer only) or suggest commands in chat window.

Taking Screenshots

Press F1to remove the toolbar etc from the screen to take a cleaner screen shot.

Press F5a couple of times if you want to be in the picture yourself.

Press F2to take a screenshot.
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TIP: On some laptops, the F keys are set up to do other things such as control volume

and brightness. In this case there will be a key marked fnor functionthat you have to

hold down to get your F key to work.

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