Phoenix SC tests Minecraft Bedrock's newly useful F key

His compact off-hand demonstration has passed a million views, while console players have a practical question.

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A Totem of Undying changes hands without a trip into the inventory. For Minecraft Java players, that's familiar territory. In Phoenix SC's Bedrock demonstration, it's the whole occasion.

The Short, titled simply "F.", has passed a million views four days after publication. It needs very little setup: Phoenix SC shows how Java's item-swapping shortcut works, explains Bedrock's historically limited off-hand support, then tests the newly working key himself.

The totem moves into his off-hand, but there's a catch in the interface. "But you still can't see your off-hand slot on your main UI for some reason," he says. The shortcut works in his demonstration; the on-screen display hasn't become quite as helpful.

Viewers are picking up on the difference between a keyboard shortcut and a feature everyone can use. The leading comment asks what console players should do, while others raise the same question about mobile controls. Phoenix SC's clip demonstrates the keyboard action, rather than answering those questions.

Elsewhere in the comments, the familiar joke about pressing F to pay respects gets a Minecraft variation: repeatedly swapping items between hands as a gesture of respect.

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What viewers say

And what do console players do?
@traximen5356See it on YouTube
Groundbreaking. Earth-shattering even.
@virtualraptureSee it on YouTube
repeatedly swapping items between your hotbar and offhand should be a universal sign of paying respect, kinda like repeatedly crouching is a sign of friendliness
@drakonuaSee it on YouTube

3 more comments

You can always press F.
It doesn't do anything, but you CAN!
@claptrappington5895See it on YouTube
Press f to pay respect
@Daniel-ZNSee it on YouTube
We need to pay respect to them for finally adding a function to pressing F.
@NizarSaidiSee it on YouTube

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