Menu screen

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Minecraft features a multitude of menu screens, which allow the player to navigate to worlds and servers, and change how the game looks.

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Menu screens are used to navigate through the UI. They can be accessed by pressing buttons or by other means, such as pausing the game.

• Title Screen – the menu shown upon game startup allowing for access to worlds.
• Server list – a menu which allows players to join and save the servers they visit.
• Game Menu – a menu accessible during gameplay which allows players to quit to title or disconnect from a server, access options, enable LAN – and etc.
• Select World‌^{[JE only]} – allowing one of multiple worlds to be accessed.
• Play‌^{[BE only]} – allowing one of multiple worlds, Realms, and servers to be accessed.
  • Create New World – a menu allowing for the configuration of multiple aspects for a new world.
    • Seed Templates‌^{[BE only]} – a menu to choose a preset seed with specific features or terrain.
  • World Options‌^{[JE only]} – a menu to manage the world settings and management.
  • Edit world‌^{[BE only]} – a menu to manage the world settings.
• Options‌^{[JE only]} – which are configurable via a series of menus in Java Edition.
• Settings‌^{[BE only]} – which are configurable via a series of menus in Bedrock Edition.
• Controls – a subset of options, also given a dedicated menu.
  • Super Secret Settings – which applies in-game shaders, removed after Java Edition 1.9.
• How to Play‌^{[BE only]} – a menu which shows built-in guides designed to help new players to Minecraft.
• Loading world screen – the menu shown while entering or leaving a world.
• Realms Hub – a social hub for members of a Realm in Bedrock Edition.
• Chat^{[note 1]} – a messaging system to communicate with players and execute commands.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

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Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100131-2156				The title screen was added.
Java Edition Infdev
20100327							Added the Single player menu.
20100629							Added the "Loading..." screen.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.4							Replaced the "Loading..." screen with a Mojang splash screen.
v1.0.10							Added the Multiplayer menu.
Java Edition
1.7.2			November 15, 2013				Added soundtracks “Mutation”, “Moog City 2”, “Floating Trees”, and ”Beginning 2”, which play in menu screens. This change only applies if the game is restarted on the left date or later.
1.14			19w06a				Added loading bars while loading the game and reloading resources.
1.15.2			pre1				Clicking the "Multiplayer" button from the title screen now displays a disclaimer stating that "Online play is not rated".
1.17			21w03a				Holding ⇧ Shift while clicking menu buttons now cycles through options in the reverse order.
1.18			21w42a				"Infinite Amethyst", "Left to Bloom", "One More Day", "Stand Tall" and "Wending" can now play in the menu screens.
1.19			22w16a				"Aerie", "Firebugs" and "Labyrinthine" can now play in the menu screens.
							"Infinite Amethyst", "Left to Bloom", "One More Day", "Stand Tall" and "Wending" can no longer play in the menu screens.
1.20			23w17a				"A Familiar Room", "Bromeliad", "Crescent Dunes", and "Echo in the Wind" can now play in the menu screens.
							"Aerie", "Firebugs", and "Labyrinthine" can no longer play in the menu screens.
1.20.5			24w09a				Replaced the dirt background with a panorama in all menu screens.
1.21			24w18a				"Deeper", "Featherfall", "Eld Unknown", "Endless", "pokopoko", "komorebi", "Puzzlebox", "Watcher", and "yakusoku" can now play in the menu screens.
							"A Familiar Room", "Bromeliad", "Crescent Dunes", and "Echo in the Wind" can no longer play in the menu screens.
1.21.6			25w20a				"Below and Above", "Broken Clocks", "Fireflies", "Lilypad", and "O's piano" can now play in the menu screens.
							"Deeper", "Featherfall", "Eld Unknown", "Endless", "pokopoko", "komorebi", "Puzzlebox", "Watcher", and "yakusoku" can no longer play in the menu screens.
			pre3				The button clicking sound is now controlled by the "UI" source.
26.2			snap7				"Ebb", "Home", "Memories", "Nightly", and "Shores" can now play in the menu screens.
							"Below and Above", "Broken Clocks", "Fireflies", "Lilypad", and "O's piano" can no longer play in the menu screens.

Pocket Edition Alpha
Demo							Added the title screen.
v0.7.3
							Replaced the background with a panorama.

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