Built-in preset
Minecraft preset
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, and the hotbar on the bumpers, with a light bar colour to match.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A / Cross | Space | ||
| B / Circle | Shift | ||
| X / Square | E | ||
| Y / Triangle | Q | ||
| LB / L1 | Scroll up (one step) | ||
| RB / R1 | Scroll down (one step) | ||
| Back / Share / Select | Escape | ||
| Start / Options | Tab | ||
| L3 (left stick click) | Control | ||
| R3 (right stick click) | F5 | ||
| Left stick left | A | ||
| Left stick right | D | ||
| Left stick down | S | ||
| Left stick up | W | ||
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 20) | ||
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 20) | ||
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 14) | ||
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 14) | ||
| Left trigger | Right click | ||
| Right trigger | Left click | ||
| D-pad left | 4 | ||
| D-pad up | 1 | ||
| D-pad down | 3 | ||
| D-pad right | 2 |
24 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
Turn on confine, recenter, and hide cursor in the preset's automation section so the mouse look never runs off the window. Set the launch target to your Minecraft launcher to open the game on activate. For Bedrock, which has native controller support, use the real controller instead.
Download
- Minecraft presetFull Minecraft controls - works with any controller 8 KB
Open a downloaded preset with InputConfig, or drag it onto the app icon. 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.
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