Controls
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This is an overview of all controls used in Minetest.
Changing controls
There are two ways to change the controls: Either by using the options menu accessible inside the game or by editing minetest.conf. See minetest.conf.example to learn the setting names. Note that some controls are fixed and cannot be changed at all.
Game controls
The PC version of Minetest uses mouse and keyboard. These are the controls of the PC version (differences from the PC version are noted below):
| Action | Default control | Changable in-game? | minetest.conf setting | Comment | |||||
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| Movement | |||||||||
| Look around | Move mouse | No | (none) | ||||||
| Move forwards | W | Yes | keymap_forward |
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| Move to the left | A | Yes | keymap_left |
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| Move to the right | D | Yes | keymap_right |
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| Move backwards | S | Yes | keymap_backward |
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| Toggle fast mode | J | Yes | keymap_fastmove |
See Movement modes. Requires “fast” privilege | |||||
| Toggle fly mode | K | Yes | keymap_freemove |
See Movement modes. Requires “fly” privilege | |||||
| Toggle noclip mode | H | Yes | keymap_noclip |
See Movement modes. Requires “noclip” privilege | |||||
| Move fast | E | Yes | keymap_special1 |
Only works if fast mode is on. Oddly, this is also called the “Use” key | |||||
| Jump | Space | Yes | keymap_jump |
This is used when you are neither at a ladder, inside a liquid nor using fly mode | |||||
| Sneak | Shift | Yes | keymap_sneak |
This is used when you are neither at a ladder, inside a liquid nor using fly mode | |||||
| Move up | Space | Yes | keymap_jump |
This is used when you are at a ladder, inside a liquid or using fly mode | |||||
| Move down | Shift | Yes | keymap_sneak |
This is used when you are at a ladder, inside a liquid or using fly mode | |||||
| Toggle automatic walking | (none) | No | keymap_autoforward |
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| World interaction | |||||||||
| Punch / mine / collect item stack | Left mouse button | No | (none) | ||||||
| Use / build | Right mouse button | No | (none) | If the pointed thing is usable (example: Chest), you use it, otherwise you attempt to build at this block | |||||
| Build | Shift+Right mouse button | No | (none) | Use this to build at usable blocks | |||||
| Select next/previous item stack in hotbar | Roll mouse wheel | No | (none) | ||||||
| Select previous item stack in hotbar | B | Yes | keymap_hotbar_previous |
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| Select next item stack in hotbar | N | Yes | keymap_hotbar_next |
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| Select item stack in hotbar directly | 0-9 | No | (none) | ||||||
| Drop wielded item stack | Q | Yes | keymap_drop |
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| Drop 1 item of wielded item stack | Shift+Q | Yes | keymap_sneak, keymap_drop |
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| Camera | |||||||||
| Select camera | F7 | No | keymap_camera_mode |
Available cameras are (in this order): first person view, third person view from the back, third person view from the front | |||||
| Toggle cinematic mode | (none) | Yes | keymap_cinematic |
In cinematic mode, the camera will not immediately follow your movements, instead it will quickly “catch on”, so the movement of the camera looks a bit like the movement of an actual camera | |||||
| Zoom in at the crosshair | Z | Yes | keymap_zoom |
Requires the “zoom” privilege | |||||
| Graphics | |||||||||
| Enable/disable fog | F3 | No | keymap_toggle_force_fog_off |
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| Increase minimal viewing distance | + | No | keymap_increase_viewing_range_min |
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| Decrease minimal viewing distance | - | No | keymap_decrease_viewing_range_min |
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| Toggle far view | R | Yes | keymap_rangeselect |
Far view disables fog entirely and allows viewing far away. If enabled, this can severly impact Minetest's performance | |||||
| Take a screenshot | F12 | No | keymap_screenshot |
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| Heads-up Display | |||||||||
| Show/hide inventory menu | I | Yes | keymap_inventory |
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| Show/hide HUD | F1 | No | keymap_toggle_hud |
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| Show/hide chat log and application name | F2 | No | keymap_toggle_chat |
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| Toggle minimap | F9 | No | keymap_minimap |
There are two modes available: Surface and radar, in 3 different zoom levels | |||||
| Toggle minimap shape (square or circle) | Shift+F9 | No | keymap_sneak, keymap_minimap |
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| Open/close console | F10 | Yes | keymap_console |
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| Abort / close window / open pause menu / quit Minetest | Esc | No | (none) | Sound | |||||
| Decrease volume | (none) | Yes | keymap_decrease_volume
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| Increase volume | (none) | Yes | keymap_increase_volume
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| Toggle mute | M | Yes | keymap_mute
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| Commands and chat | |||||||||
| Open chat window | T | Yes | keymap_chat |
You need the “shout” privilege to chat | |||||
| Start issuing a server command | / | Yes | keymap_cmd |
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| Start issuing a local command | . | Yes | keymap_cmd_local |
Local commands are part of client mods | |||||
| Debugging (for developers) | |||||||||
| Enable/disable camera update | F4 or none | No | keymap_toggle_update_camera |
Only useful for developers. If disabled, the landscape drawn around you will not be updated as you look around. This action only has a default key binding in the developer version of Minetest; in official releases there's no default key binding because this can be very confusing to players | |||||
| Enable/disable debug display | F5 | No | keymap_toggle_debug |
Also shows your coordinates | |||||
| Enable/disable profiler | F6 | No | keymap_toggle_profiler |
Only useful for developers | |||||
| Write stack traces into debug.txt | P | Yes | keymap_print_debug_stacks |
Only useful for developers | |||||
Differences for OS X
- To emulate a right click, use a two finger tap on the trackpad
- If you have a French keyboard (AZERTY), be prepared for your “M” key not working in chat
Changing controls in minetest.conf
With minetest.conf, you can change the controls which are unavailable in the settings menu. See minetest.conf#Controls for more information.
Inventory controls
See Inventory#Controls.