Control Switches

Control switches

A control switch binds a key combo to cycle one of Minecraft's own controls between two or more keys, without leaving the game to rebind it.

The example that motivated the feature: switch Attack/Destroy between Left Button and J, so your clicks stop swinging while you are clicking through a Hypixel menu — then switch it back with the same combo.

Setting one up

1. Open the Hex Keybinds screen: /hexa keybinds, the Open Hex Keybinds key, or the link from the config menu.
2. Press Add Switch.
3. Pick the Minecraft control to cycle — anything in the vanilla controls list.
4. Add the keys to cycle between. Two is the common case; more is allowed and cycles in order.
5. Choose the key combo (with optional Ctrl/Shift/Alt) that performs the cycle.

What happens when you press it

• The control moves to the next key in the list.
• The switch is announced in chat and plays a short sound, so you always know which state you are in without opening Options.
• The change is written to Minecraft's own options, so it shows up in the vanilla Controls screen and survives a restart.

Mouse buttons work as well as keyboard keys, which is the whole point for Attack/Destroy.

Interaction with profiles

Because a switch writes into Minecraft's options rather than Hex's, it only interacts with config profiles when MC keys is turned on. With that on, using a control switch counts as changing your settings and will mark the active profile as having unsaved changes.

Related

• Attack mode switch — a dedicated key for flipping Attack/Destroy between Hold and Toggle, which is a different axis from which key it is bound to.
• Keybind shortcuts — the other feature on the same screen.

The switches themselves live in config/hex/keybinds.json.