Game preset
Minecraft: controller layout for Mac
Minecraft does not need a controller-aware version of itself to be played from a controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the game sees a keyboard and a mouse, and you hold the controller. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: Move, look, mine, place, hotbar.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Minecraft and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
The preset can open Minecraft.app for you when it activates.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left stick left | A | Strafe left |
| Left stick right | D | Strafe right |
| Left stick up | W | Walk forward |
| Left stick down | S | Walk back |
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 20) | Look right |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 20) | Look left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 14) | Look down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 14) | Look up |
| Right trigger | Left click | Attack / mine |
| Left trigger | Right click | Use / place |
| A / Cross | Space | Jump |
| B / Circle | Shift (Left) | Sneak |
| X / Square | E | Inventory |
| Y / Triangle | Q | Drop item |
| LB / L1 | Scroll up | Hotbar previous |
| RB / R1 | Scroll down | Hotbar next |
| L3 (left stick click) | Ctrl (Left) | Sprint |
| Start / Options | Escape | Pause / menu |
| Back / Share / Select | Tab | Player list |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- Hold sprint (left-stick click) while pushing forward to run.
- Triggers mine and place - swap them in the editor if you prefer.
Also built in, and downloadable
A preset with this name ships inside the app as well, with its own page and a file you can download: Minecraft built-in preset. The two may differ in detail; the built-in one is the reference.
Make it yours
Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.
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