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Third person, pick block, save hotbar, swap hotbar, and more, on mobile

I find it annoying, that there are so many things that you can do on PC (still bedrock) but not on mobile: Third person, pick block, saving hotbar and switching hotbar, and much more. Here is a solution: There will be a new button above the jump button: The Shapshifter button. This button does different things depending on which hotbar slot you are in.

If you are in the 1st hotbar slot, the shapeshifter button will take a screenshot, but without the joystick, jump, sneak, sprint, and shapeshifter buttons in the way. The pause, chat, and emotes buttons won’t be visible in the screenshot either. The only thing visible in the screenshot besides the actual scene, will be the hotbar.

The 2nd hotbar slot, will make the shapeshifter button, a screen recording button. If you click it, it will start a video, and if you click it again, it will stop the video. And the video will, of course, be without all the other buttons in the way besides the hotbar. If you double click the screen recording button, it will take a video of the last 30 seconds of your Minecraft world (just like on the Nintendo). That way, if out of the blue, something crazy happens in your world and you want a video of it, you can double click the button and you’ve got it on tape.

3rd slot: Go to third person.

4th: pick block (you get the block you are looking at into your inventory).

5th: save hotbar

6th: Switch hotbar (changes your hotbar to the last saved hotbar).

I wrote the rest in the comments, because it didn’t fit.

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    This is the continuation of the post.

    7th: “Look Down While Flying Forward” button.
    (For more info on how that will work, check out my other post: “Looking Down While Flying Forward with Elytra”.

    8th: Reload Skins and Textures. This button is often used on PCs, to AFK while mining, hitting, or jumping. If, for example, you wanted to AFK while mining straight down, you would hold down the mine button, then while you are doing that, you would press “Reload Skins and Textures” button once, and then when you let go of the mine button, it would think you are still pressing, so it will keep mining forever. To stop mining, you just have to press the mine button once.

    9th: I don’t know yet. If you guys have any cool ideas, please write it in the comments! Thanks!😄

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    you would have to switch your hotbar slot, and memorize what each slot does. not many players would like that.

    I was thinking something like this:

    https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/21939543499661-A-Sidebar-New-Buttons-on-Mobile

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    I agree with the idea, but not with the “shapeshifter button”. I think that for a pick block button, it could be a toggle that automatically shuts off after used, similar to how the pick color button works in the skindex, if you’ve used it, located opposite the inventory button in the hotbar. I think that screenshot/video are also important, but most devices have a built-in screenshot, and cutting out buttons isn’t that important. Video I think can be in the pause menu, along with Resume Game, Settings, etc.. Hotbar saving/switching could be managed by buttons is the inventory, along with a clear inventory button (For all of bedrock). For 7, idk what you’re talking about, and for 8, you can just leave a grape or something sitting on the screen (I’ve tested this and it does work) I don’t think Mojang is trying to add built in AFK features. I know everyone plays differently and has a different opinion, and I think it’s important to remember that this is just one opinion, and I’m not trying to speak for everyone/control this idea.