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Our latest Preview release brings several updates to mobile controls which we're excited to share with you. These range from improvements to swimming all the way to control scheme onboarding.  
 
Below are some questions based on the updates in this Preview which we would love to hear your feedback on, so once you've played and read through the questions, let us know what you think in the comments! 
 
Touch Controls 

  • How do the touch controls feel overall, and do you see any critical issues with them?  

Block Breaking 

  • Do you feel like block-breaking controls slow you down in creative mode? 
  • Compared to the prior Creative block-breaking mobile implementation currently in the retail version, are accidental block adds or breaks more or less common on the new touch controls? 

Stack Splitting 

  • Does stack splitting feel intuitive?  

Mobile Controls Onboarding Video 

  • Does the video help you better understand the differences between the control schemes?  

Drag and Drop 

  • Does the drag-and-drop feature feel intuitive?  
  • Do you feel anything is missing with the drag and drop system, or does the feature improve your inventory management experience?  

Swimming 

  • Is jumping out of water easier now?  
  • Is it harder to drown underwater now?  
  • Does the new swim logic make swimming more enjoyable overall?  

If you have any additional feedback you have doesn't fit the questions we’ve asked, feel free to create new feedback posts in this dedicated category!  

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    I'd really love to have an option to add action buttons to the "tap to interact" control setups. Reason being: tap to interact is much better for aiming and interacting that the same time, but action buttons from the "crosshair" or "split" settings are much better for controlling which actions the player is doing and don't require delay. Stuff like using projectiles, activating elytra rockets, or trading with villagers is inconvenient without action buttons because there's the delay to determine whether I'm trying to break or interact, and there's also the fact that I keep punching my villagers/cows etc on accident. I'd say 90% of my control issues would be solved if we could add action buttons to tap controls.

    The other thing I'd love is the ability to use a shield by hitting the crouch button underwater, which for some reason only exists on some control settings but not others.

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    Please let me people have the cross hair with all the different controls

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    Please add custom controls for phone

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    On mobile it would be great if the 1st touch control option(joystick and touch) had either a toggle to add a stand alone sneak button or a permanent sneak button. On land the tap/hold setting works, but does not while underwater so you cannot utilize magma bubbles to get air to continue searching underwater. The other two controls have their own, but I don’t much care for the D-Pad style so I’m stuck with primarily out of water game play.

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    I think that the inventory in mobile is slow and should get an upgrade.

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    I agree the stack splitting feature would make life easier

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    The control scheme sometimes resets automatically on its own if it is customized after opening the inventory or a chest.its very annoying ya know

    Also the joystick,think there should be an option to change it to movement keys for people that dont like it,and the joystick should be improved so that interacting with it isnt so weird at times(like the thumb keeps reseting the joystick which disables the sprint,very anoying for something like pvp)

    Those are the 2 main problems for me for now,hope you guys address these issues at some point

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    Please please please bring back insta-crafting a stack of an item when you hold down/ double tap on the desired item. My kelp blocks take full minutes to craft. Please.

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    So the drop controls/ the spilt stack is terrible I'm sorry but its bad you should take a page out of educations book (on ipad) where you can control how much you split the droping is no better on edu

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    The improved touch controls should be on Minecraft Java for those who like to use touch controls on Java.

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    When changing controls, I think a button would be interesting, when pressed, you change the touch on the screen between attack and interaction with blocks. This would help avoid problems, such as opening chests in the middle of the PVP, or hit your bees when feeding. Please, I can't stand to see my bees dying because I didn't touch them long enough

    Some people might talk about it already having this in the game, and it really does, the problem is that this is for aiming, and I don't like using it.

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    I love it end its good :)

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    I really prefer the look and feel of the touch screen control pad before the update. It's harder to use now and I wish I could move the pad, it's distracting now, I also wish I could control how opaque it is.

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    I personally hate the new controls and how they look. Please put the dpad appearance and quality back to where it was before the update. It now looks like one of those cheap bootleg versions you would find. Please fix it I am sure nobody likes this.

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    I really hate the new positioning and looks of the touch controls, it’s in the way, out of place and overall difficult to use, I’ve played for years and as someone with autism change is very difficult, I understand that change is necessary to improve sometimes but I don’t think this is an improvement and would appreciate an option to switch back to the old controls or at the very least allow me to move them back to their usual position

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    The new d-pad system is worse compared to the old d-pad. It is no longer possible to slide your finger across buttons, and the buttons themselves cannot be enlarged or positioned in the same way as before. Please return the option for the old touch buttons!

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    I have played this games for years. Grew up on it. There are a lot of features that have come and gone, but the touch controls (specifically the D-pad) have always been the same. I think it’s cool that some alternative options are being added for touch controls, and I think some players, especially new players, will definitely enjoy trying them.
    But as for me, I don’t use them because I am extremely experienced with the old and classic D-pad touch control setup. Which brings me to my point:
    The updates to the controles have changed the shape and hit-boxes for the D-pad, and it is severely decreasing the game’s playability for me. My fingers go to all the wrong places and I’m sure that you can imagine how dangerous this could be in survival mode.
    My one request, is that you would please revert just the D-pad controls back to their original, and long standing hitboxes, appearance, and location on the screen, so that veteran players like me can continue to play the game the way we always have. It would be much appreciated!! Thanks!

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    On mobile, (pocket edition/bedrock) and with touch controls, stack splitting is good. I am satisfied with how it works, and it makes sense. However, when crafting in bulk, (ex. turning logs into planks, making lots of torches, or any other “mass craft” action) it would be nice to be able to make whole stacks at a time, instead of having to click once for each individual craft. This could be done either as a quick double-click, or as a long press and hold, (both of these have been in the game before, but were removed for some reason). It doesn’t have to be complicated, but just add something to make crafting larger amounts of items less tedious! Thanks!

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    i absolutly hate this new feature and i dont like how the dpad looks and the jump button i think its terrible because im so used to the old ones and im really angry and sad at the same time because youve done this i could play so easily before u changed it and it didnt look to complicated but now it looks really complicated and hard to use and the old one is just nustalgic and ive been playing minecraft for 7 years and ive been used to the old dpad but now youve changed it and i dont like it. So please change it back in later updates and please dont make it a long time. :( :(

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    The new touch controls are positioned too high on the screen now and my son has trouble reaching them comfortably on his iPad. Could you update the controls editor to allow him to place the controls lower on the screen? Thank you.

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    There are to many buttons on screen now. But a very CRITICAL ISSUE in no lefty mode. When customising the placement of the controls to make it lefty mode It will either just move back to the original location or the buttons will not work. Also the open inventory button is still on the wrong side. Creative mode is meant to be fast block breaking this slows it down too much. Also they are way to high on the screen they take up to much room that high

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    I'm using an iPad and the new touch controls in 1.2.71 have made them unusable, please add an option to revert to the old touch control interface design!

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    The touch controls in 1.20.71 are impossible to use, in the wrong place, the Dpad clicks on blocks instead of moving, the controls are in the wrong place, please allow me to select the old touch control layout - this has ruined Minecraft for me!!!

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    The touch controls in 1.20.71 have ruined Minecraft - please change the Dpad controls back!!! Or include an option to change back to the previous layout and controls.

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    There was no reason to change the layout for the old d-pad control, so many players have been using the old layout for so many years and as you can tell from so many other players saying how disliked it is and how not a single person is voicing any support please just change it back. The texture change is fine if you want the d-pad controls to match the style of the other control options but just change the d-pad layout back it is genuinely so hard to find any reasons to play the game anymore when moving is 10x harder.

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    I don’t think u should change the buttons on the dpad back but I think u should add a new setting that allows people who don’t like the new dpad to change it back to the original one. Thx

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    The new touch controls ade horrendous and have completely ruined my experience as a mobile player. They are poorly positioned no matter how I change the size or where they are, they are an eyesore, and are barely functional. The new controls should not have even been an idea, the old ones were perfectly fine, but there isn’t even an option for the old ones now. This has genuinely made me not want to play minecraft any longer.

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    pues si están mejor pero yo que sigo acostumbrado a la cruz antigua que la hayan cambiado no afecta mucho pues está el editor de controles pero al nadar es muy complicado y más porque no se puede editar

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    HATE THE NEW D PAD CONTROLS

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    Please bring back the old touch controls the new one is horrible. Even if there is just an option to use it. I can barely play with the new control