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r/Minecraft on Reddit: Windows laptop players: How do you right click+hold?
April 30, 2021 -

I've been playing minecraft for seven years on a mac; I had things dialed in, but the mac's been dying a slow death, and it was time to get a new laptop. Now I'm re-learning how to play due to the configuration.

I feel like there's got to be a way to do this - is there a way to hold a right click on Windows touchpads? On a mac you can hold ctrl+click... this way, you could either use ctrl to sprint or to right click - including either clicking a button or holding to eat.

I've reprogrammed the sprint key to ALT on this keyboard, since I can no longer reach it with my thumb... but is there a way to program Windows to recognize alt+click on a touchpad to be a right click? Have others found other successful alternate key configurations? Would love to be able to continue to play without a mouse (at least to have that option)

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"Control-left click equals right click" should be configurable - Suggestions - Minecraft: Java Edition - Minecraft Forum - Minecraft Forum
The reason for this is simple. Now that control is the sprint key, this creates a double-mapping of the control key. I assume that most Mac users have acquir... More on minecraftforum.net
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Minecraft without a mouse? - Arqade - Stack Exchange
Is there a way to play Minecraft with only a keyboard? When I have free time I'm usually on my laptop. While I do have a mouse I can dig out, there's no surface to use it on. The touchpad is sort ... More on gaming.stackexchange.com
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September 29, 2013
I don't have mouse.. how do i place block and eat food using keyboard? (Requires right click on mouse)
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Controls - Minecraft Wiki - Fandom
July 29, 2026 - Java and Bedrock editions for Windows uses the standard control scheme of mouse and keyboard controls as input. The game cannot be played using only a mouse or only a keyboard using the default control scheme. The controls menu is located in ...
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Hypixel Forums
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[GUIDE] How to Right Click! | Hypixel Forums
January 30, 2021 - REQUIRMENTS FOR RIGHT CLICKING 1: Mouse/Trackpad 2: Computer 3: Atleast 1 finger 4: Hand 5: Arm HOW TO RIGHT CLICK Now get your mouse and press the button on the right (How to tell left from right if you don't know) and you should get a menu ...
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Minecraft 101
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Controls and Keyboard | Minecraft 101
If you are holding an item in your Main Hand that can be used with a right click, that will happen.
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Minecraft Controls | Minecraft
June 5, 2023 - To use objects in the world – like buttons, chests, crafting tables, and more – aim at the thing with the mouse, and use the right mouse button – often called the “Use” key.
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Quora
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How to play Minecraft with a trackpad - Quora
Minimal: Lower Windows pointer ... set Minecraft sensitivity to ~0.2–0.6, use two-finger drag for aim, bind sprint to Ctrl, enable tap-to-click if preferred. Improved without mouse: Install BetterTouchTool/AutoHotkey, create one-finger drag for look, two-finger tap for right-click, set ...
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The Minecraft Survival Guide is back for 1.18! This video is a reference guide to Minecraft's controls and keyboard shortcuts, including player movement, bre...
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"Control-left click equals right click" should be configurable - Suggestions - Minecraft: Java Edition - Minecraft Forum - Minecraft Forum
The reason is that a number of us with Mac laptops have no mouse handy (playing on a lap or lapboard, or somewhere else without room for a mouse), and Control-click was our natural preference for right-clicking (we do it in all other programs for right-click; it's a natural finger move for us). So at some point LWJGL (Java library Minecraft depends on) stopped interpreting Control-click as a right-click like every other Mac program does (and Minecraft did).
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Quick Right-Click - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge
Just right-click the item in the air, without targeting a block. Quickly sleep in a bed, access your ender chest or open shulker boxes. Some will be opened directly, others placed down automatically.
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Minecraft Right Click Detection [1.19] Several Ways - YouTube
Learn all about right click detection in vanilla Minecraft 1.17/1.18/1.19! I'll show you several methods (carrot on a stick, armor stand, villager, eye of en...
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r/laptops on Reddit: I don't have mouse.. how do i place block and eat food using keyboard? (Requires right click on mouse)
July 1, 2025 - You can remap the left and right clicks to other keyboard keys such as M and N This will help you play Minecraft more easily than having to click on the trackpad again and again ... You have right click on touchpad dont you? Just click on the right side of the touch pad on the botom thats how mine works at least ... Get 2 fingers place on mouse pad then press down and to place block press it down once but to eat hold down, make sure to do it at the bottom of the use pad spread your finger about 1 inch wide in the of the mouse pad and press/hold down
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How to right click in Minecraft PE || With keyboard and mouse || Right click Fixed - YouTube
the file you need to download is thishttps://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGJ3LXRpaUR3VWduME1YOXZDa3ZtTDBGUm4wd3xBQ3J
Published: July 14, 2021
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Understanding Basic Controls and Movement in Minecraft Education - YouTube
Learn how to Move, Jump, Fly, and Place and Break Blocks in Minecraft Education. There's more to learn at https://aka.ms/mcgettrainedKeyboard and mouse contr
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I can't use right click functions on PC with track pad – Minecraft Education
I use both the "two finger" click to right click, or I have gone into the computer trackpad settings and made sure I turned on the right side of the pad as a right click. Both can work but it just depends on the type/model of computer you have.