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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 physically cannot plat this game unless i have the lefty feature back. when i use the custom controls feature it only glitches out my game, loses its ability to move me up and down when flying, and resets itself anyways. please bring back the original lefty mode

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    Please bring back the old D-pad touch controls because the new version is so bad I hate it so much😡😡😡

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    My customised touch control GUI sometimes resets itself whenever I enter or exit the water

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    Sobre a personalização de botões, seria bom que os botões de andar do layout clássico (aquele que se anda com setas) podessem chegar mais perto dos slots de itens da tela do jogador (os slots da tela principal se jogo:
    □□□□□□□□□ ). Quando vou jogar, acaba sendo um pouco desconfortável, pois estou acostumado a jogar com os botões em locais específicos da minha tela, e não é possível, no momento, colocar os botões nesse local. No geral, seria bom mais liberdade na personalização dos botões, como escolher misturar os tipos de controle de um layou e outro.

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    Quando estou deslisando o dedo sobre a tela para girar a câmera, facilitando o jogo entende como um comando para ou colocar ou quebrar blocos. Seria interessante mudar isso (pois é extremamente chato quando tenho apenas um bolo de obsidiana, não tenho mais picareta de diamante e erro a posição do bloco quando queria apenas girar a tela) ou até mesmo adicionar uma opção para o jogador determinar quanto tempo de toque o jogo deve considerar como um comando para quebrar ou por blocos.

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    My idea is to improve the controls and some aspects on mobile devices and for that I propose this series of ideas:

    Characteristics:
    1.- Complete customization for the entire interface, by this I mean being able to move the hunger bar, health, the quick access bar, the pause button, emotes, chat, the coordinates, the number of days and in general everything that is shown in the interface.

    2.- Also duplicating these means being able to have two buttons of the same type.

    3.- Zones that divide the screen, for example the movement, attack and joystick zone.

    3.- More buttons such as changing the camera.

    4.- More quick accesses in the manufacturing interface. For example: when you press outside the interface of any work table (specifically at the top of the screen) it closes automatically without having to press the (X) button.
    And to throw the items we could do it at the bottom of the screen.
    In my opinion, this would give us greater speed to manufacture, trade, etc.

    I want this to be done primarily for PVP and in general to improve how quickly we play Minecraft.
    To play with 3 or 4 fingers without failures like what happens currently where the camera sometimes goes crazy.

    If the developers or if more people read this suggestion, I invite you to leave your ideas on how to improve controls on mobile devices.
    Thank you and I hope my suggestion is taken into account.

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    There are no Back Diagonal buttons still. Being only able to move backwards in one direction has made fighting and fleeing from mobs much more difficult. You used to be able to place blocks anywhere you touched on the screen and now it only places them where your crosshairs are. The new movement and block placing system for touch controls is bad. Please PLEASE just return the dpad to its original coding, and just change the icons. Please. I havnt been able to play minecraft for months, and I used to play several hours every day.

    Atleast make a poll and see who is happy with the change vs who is unhappy with it. 

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    I posted some feedback earlier about a layout that should be added that would solve the whole touchscreen pvp issue without creating visual clutter on the screen with so many buttons. I also posted concepts of this idea on reddit, but I assume it is not allowed to share it here.

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    Please update an option to not move the eye in case of using an attack or placing a square key.

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    There should be a moveable toggle for changing perspectives in mobile. I have joined the beta recently, and yes, I was happy that you can change your perspective easier now without going in the settings, but what bugging me is that you need to reach up for the button because its beside the menu, which is difficult especially for mobile players using a larger screen, like a tablet, so making the perspective change button customizable ang movable would be a great option

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    Please add a way to quick craft, the only way I do it right now is I spent 5 iron for a crafter to craft my items marginally faster. (Like shift clicking on Java)

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    we want justice we supporting steel wing mojang complete all the pe players wish⚡🔥🎉

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    Just reminding everyone, trying to swim on mobile is an truly unpleasant experience as you can't swim in the direction you are looking (as we used to).

    Parity with other platforms is all well and good but please remember mobile has much less opportunity for input.  

    We still have auto-jump when walking, this is good, and we use to have the equivalent when swimming.

    Please try swimming while using a mobile device with touch screen.

    Thanks

     

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    I don’t like the current mobile controls, so I redesigned them. Please add this to the game and make it the fourth control option.

    I think the attack button should be removed because it is glitchy and difficult to aim. There would be touch controls but only for attacking/breaking blocks. The camera perspective button should be above the jump button. The off-hand button should be its own separate button and there needs to be a swap item button. You could place any block in the off-hand and use fireworks with the off-hand. The pick block button should be placed above camera perspective. There should also be a button to toggle the top skin layer. There should be a dressing room button. The command shortcut needs the gamemodes. There should be a screenshot button that takes a picture of the game while ignoring controls and other information.

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    About the touch controls (aim option), we the multi-finger claw players need a little more customisation. Buttons need to be able to be placed all the way on the top part of the screen. The option to not move the aim when tapping/pressing the upper buttons is also needed. As of right now, using multi-finger claw is very uncomfortable and often messes up the aim that it suddenly points upward. Also, being able to use the off hand for any item will be a v very great upgrade. 

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    Why not add gyroscope options or gyroscope interfaces on mobile devices to make mobile operations more convenient and efficient, and enhance the gaming experience for mobile players.

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    Cambiar de lugar (personalizado), el boton de los efectos de poción ya que con los nuevos controles interfiere, por ejemplo si quieres pegar ya que estan encimados y muy juntos a veces en lugar de pegar le das al apartado de pociones, por lo que si estas en pvp es una gran desventaja porque lo tienes que quitar... esperando que no vuelva a pasar

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    Add fast resistance like java please 🥺

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    Using shields are also very difficult in bedrock they should add a button or something for activating sheild

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    The stack splitting and drag drop feature intuitive

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    We need to remove red border when we customize our hud. And more increase buttons size in mobile pls I am very tired with that because of jitr clicking and butterfly clicking in mobile and droping feature also toggle button of dropping 1 or stack toggle

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    Because we have easily do anything like in farming,wind bursting,and in pvp

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    Nice idea mojang it help in doing mining, building and other activities please complete this update soon! Please!!!!!!! 🥺🥺🥺🙏🙏🙏🙏 .