Controls

Increase movement speed in Spectator mode.

Decrease movement speed in Spectator mode.

Move the selected hotbar slot one to the left.​^{[upcoming: JE 26.3]}

Move the selected hotbar slot one to the right.​^{[upcoming: JE 26.3]}

⎋ Escape

When the F5 key is pressed while on the multiplayer screen, it refreshes the server list.

⇧ Shift +  clicking on a piece of armor, a carved pumpkin, a mob head or a pair of elytra moves it between the inventory and the corresponding armor slot.

⇧ Shift +  clicking on a shield moves it between the inventory and the off-hand slot.

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 hand, and while holding ⇧ Shift, double click on another item type to move it.

When a crafting table is open, ⇧ Shift +  clicking an item or stack in the inventory moves it into the 3×3 crafting grid. The slots are filled from left to right and then top to bottom.

When any type of furnace is open, ⇧ Shift +  clicking an item or stack in the inventory moves it into the input (upper left) slot of the furnace. Items that can serve as fuel move to the fuel (lower left) slot.

When crafting, ⇧ Shift +  clicking the crafting output 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 + ↑ Up and ⇧ Shift + ↓ Down 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.

⏎ Return
⎆ Numpad Enter

When chat is open, sends the typed chat message (if it's not empty) and closes chat.

When Creative inventory or the recipe book is open, focuses the search box.^[verify]

␣ Space
⏎ Return
⎆ Numpad Enter

After selecting a trade from a villager, press (or hold) this key to automatically refill the items for the trade using any available materials in the inventory.

⏎ Return
⎆ Numpad Enter
␣ Space

Activates the focused element. This usually has the same function as left clicking it. If the focused element doesn't have an action, the main "Done" action of the current screen will be activated instead.

Sliders
When active, pressing ← Left and → Right will decrease and increase the value respectively. Pressing the activation key again deactivates the active slider.

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.

%appdata%\.minecraft\screenshots on Windows
~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/screenshots on macOS
~/.minecraft/screenshots on Linux.

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 ⎋ Escape to release the mouse then hitting ⎋ Escape 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.

Use this in conjunction with F2 to take screenshots without the HUD. This option is also useful when exploring with a map.

When in the chat window, ↹ Tab cycles through possible commands or arguments and also complete player names.

Hovering over an item in any inventory and using the Pick Block key when in Creative gives one full 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 ⎈ Control, or ⌘ Command (for some Mac computers), the tile entity's nbt data are copied. The block given to the player has the Lore: (+DATA)‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

Place blocks, summon entities with spawn eggs, toggle levers/doors (click once), charge a bow (release to fire), crossbow, use crossbow, block using a shield, use special blocks like chests, doors, and levers, enter vehicles, eat food, drink potions, till farmland, shear or dye a sheep, command tamed wolves and cats 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, open book and quill and written book, use debug stick, add mob in a monster spawner.

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.

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.

Pressing this key toggles the appearance of extra debug information. The specific debug information can be configured by pressing F3 + F6.

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.)

This key acts as a modifier key for the controls below.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key clears all chat history, including previously typed commands.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key copies the /setblock command for the block the player is currently looking at, with the corresponding coordinates, to the clipboard.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key copies the current location and rotation data as a /execute in <dimension> run tp @s command.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key sets the player's game mode to Spectator, or to the previous game mode the player was in if they are already in Spectator mode.

Holding down this key while holding down the debug modifier key for 10 seconds triggers a manual debug crash unless released. A warning message displays in chat every second after the keys have been held down for at least 2 seconds, in the format [Debug]: Crashing in <seconds remaining>.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key opens the Debug Options menu, where the specific information that displays in the debug overlap can be configured.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key exports all loaded dynamic textures to .minecraft/screenshots/debug.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key displays the client's game version information in the following format (for what each value means, see version.json):

id = <game version>
name = <version name>
data = <data version>
series = <version branch>
protocol = <protocol version>
build_time = <release time in ISO 8601>
pack_resource = <resource pack format number>
pack_data = <data pack format number>
stable = <whether version is stable>

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key opens the game mode switcher.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key reloads all chunks.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key reloads the changes from all resource packs, such as textures and sounds.

If the player holds the attack or use button while triggering this control, then releases it during the reloading, the corresponding button's input repeatedly gets sent, which is useful for operating automatic farms.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles showing additional tooltips, such as item durability and armor color.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles the chunk_borders debug renderer.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles the entity_hitboxes debug renderer.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key tests for performance metrics and saves them to .minecraft/debug/profiling/<yyyy-MM-dd_HH.mm.ss>.zip.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles whether the game renders with improved transparency.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles whether the game automatically pauses when the game loses focus or is not selected as the primary window.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles whether the profiler graph (pie chart) appears on the debug menu.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles whether the FPS graph appears on the debug menu.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles whether the TPS graph, bandwidth graph, and ping graph appear on the debug menu.

Pressing this key while holding down the debug modifier key toggles whether the lightmap graph appears on the debug menu.

Scrolls through any scroll-able regions of menu screens and GUIs when opened.

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).

Activates the focused menu element. This usually has the same function as left clicking it. If the focused element doesn't have an action, the main "Done" action of the current screen will be activated instead.

Sliders

When active, pressing ← Left and → Right will decrease and increase the value respectively. Pressing the activation key again deactivates the active slider.

Moves focus to the menu element in the give direction.

If used on a tile entity while holding ⎈ Control, the tile entity's nbt data is copied. The block given to the player has the Lore: "(+DATA)."

If both the item held and the faced block interactable, the block overrules the item; that is, the player interacts with the block.

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.

If both the item held and the faced block interactable, the block overrules the item; that is, the player interacts with the block.

Some items have extra functionality, and these can be executed when either long-pressing on the target or tapping the interaction button, located on top of the hotbar. These are listed below:

• Ignite: to ignite a creeper while holding a flint and steel.
• Edit: to edit an NPC’s message
• Leave Boat: to leave the boat when riding it
• Feed: to feed an animal while holding food, feed another animal so that both of them can breed
• Fish: to cast and uncast the rod while holding a fishing rod
• Milk: to milk a cow or a goat when holding a bucket
• Shear: to shear sheep and mooshrooms while holding shears
• Milk Stew: to get mushroom stew from a mooshroom while holding a bowl
• Board: to board a boat
• Ride: to ride a minecart, horse or strider
• Sit: to make a pet sit
• Stand: to make a pet stand
• Talk: to talk to an NPC in premade world maps like world templates
• Dye: to dye sheep or a wolf's collar while holding a dye
• Cure: to cure a zombie villager while holding a golden apple
• Open: to open a minecart with chest or a minecart with hopper
• Create Map: to create a map while holding an empty map
• Take Picture: to take a picture using the camera
• Saddle: to put a saddle onto a pig or a strider
• Mount: to mount onto a pig or a strider
• Boost: to boost a pig or a strider while holding a carrot on a stick or a warped fungus on a stick, respectively.
• Write: to write in a book and quill
• Leash: to leash a mob while holding a lead
• Unleash to unleash a leashed mob
• Attach Chest: to attach a chest into a donkey, mule or a llama
• Trade: to trade with a villager
• Pose: to pose an armor stand
• Equip: to equip an armor stand while holding a piece of armor
• Read: to read a written book while holding it
• Wake Villager: to wake a villager when a villager is in a bed
• Brush: to brush an armadillo
• Barter: to barter with piglins while holding a gold ingot
• Cut: to cut a lead while holding shears
• Remove Saddle: to remove a saddle of a pig or a strider while holding shears
• Equip Harness: to put a harness onto a happy ghast
• Remove Harness: to remove a harness of a happy ghast while holding shears
• Spawn Baby: to spawn baby of a mob when using a spawn egg
• Give Block: to give a block to a sulfur cube
• Remove Block: to remove a block from a sulfur cube while holding shears