Minecraft preset
This preset ships inside InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.
Minecraft Java Edition on the Mac has no controller support of its own. This preset gives it a console-style layout: movement and camera on the sticks, mine and place on the triggers, jump and sneak on the face buttons, the hotbar on the bumpers and the D-pad, and a green light bar on a PlayStation pad. Push the left stick all the way forward and it also holds Control to sprint, from a ring region that shares the stick with walking. While it runs it keeps the pointer off the screen edges; the game locks and hides the mouse itself while you play, so inventories and menus still work with the stick. For setting it up from scratch, see how to play Minecraft with a controller on a Mac. For the reasoning behind each button and ways to tune it, see the Minecraft layout page.
WASD + mouse look, triggers mine/place, bumpers cycle hotbar, D-pad hotbar 1-4. Uses standard gamepad indices so the same layout drives DualSense, Xbox, Switch Pro, 8BitDo and any other connected controller.
Where it is in the app
It ships inside InputConfig: open the sidebar and look in its folder, or search for it. Activate it, or press Edit to see every row. It is also here as a file, identical apart from being inactive and ungrouped, for anyone who deleted theirs or wants it on another Mac.
Every binding
| Input | Sends | Options | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | A | Strafe left (A) | |
| Left stick right | D | Strafe right (D) | |
| Left stick up | W | Walk forward (W) | |
| Left stick down | S | Walk back (S) | |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 20) | Look left | |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 20) | Look right | |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 14) | Look up | |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 14) | Look down | |
| Left trigger | Right click | Place or use (right click) | |
| Right trigger | Left click | Mine or attack (left click) | |
| D-pad up | 1 | Hotbar slot 1 | |
| D-pad down | 3 | Hotbar slot 3 | |
| D-pad left | 4 | Hotbar slot 4 | |
| D-pad right | 2 | Hotbar slot 2 | |
| A / Cross | Space | Jump (Space) | |
| B / Circle | Shift | Sneak (Shift, held) | |
| X / Square | E | Inventory (E) | |
| Y / Triangle | Q | Drop item (Q) | |
| LB / L1 | Scroll up (one step) | Previous hotbar slot (scroll) | |
| RB / R1 | Scroll down (one step) | Next hotbar slot (scroll) | |
| L3 (left stick click) | Control | Sprint (Control, held) | |
| R3 (right stick click) | F | Swap hands (F) | |
| Back / Share / Select | Tab | Player list (Tab) | |
| Start / Options | Escape | Menu (Escape) | |
| Left stick region | Control | All the way up: Control to sprint, as well as W (this ring shares the stick) |
25 rows. Button names are the Xbox / PlayStation pair the editor shows; a Switch Pro Controller fires by position. Options are the row settings that differ from the defaults.
Notes
- Sprint two ways. Click the left stick, or push it all the way forward: the Sprint ring holds Control as well as W. Resize the ring in the editor's Regions card, under Left stick.
- The pointer. Only confine is on in the preset's automation section, keeping the pointer off the screen edges. Minecraft locks and hides the mouse itself while you play.
- Open the game on activate. Set the launch target to your Minecraft launcher.
- Bedrock Edition. There is no Bedrock for macOS, so on a Mac this preset is how Minecraft gets a controller.
Minecraft on a Mac is Java Edition, which reads no controller, and that is the gap this preset fills.
Download
- Minecraft presetFull Minecraft controls, works with any controller 13 KB
To add a downloaded preset: drop the file on InputConfig's Dock icon, or click the … button next to any preset in the sidebar, choose Import Preset File, and pick the file. It lands in the sidebar, ready to activate or edit. Any launch target inside a preset file is cleared on import; add one yourself in the editor if you want it.
Related
Completely free. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon. Open source on GitHub.
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