Terraria devs detail touchscreen controls for handheld mode

Terraria inches ever closer to releasing on Switch. In today's dev blog update, we get a full rundown of the touchscreen controls for those who plan on playing in handheld mode. Check out the full details below.

For this month's news item, we wanted to take the opportunity to give an overview on what we have planned in regards to touch support functionality for Terraria on Switch.

For example, you can:
Interact with the main menu, adjust settings, browse accomplishments, and customize your character.
In-game, you can....
Pinch to adjust zoom (be careful, this will use the item currently selected in the hotbar!)
Press to use the item currently selected in the hotbar
Press the minimap to instantly activate the full-screen map
Press any item on the hotbar to select it
Double-tap the hotbar to open the inventory
Press to select any item in the inventory
Double-tap on any inventory item to activate build mode
Press and hold + drag on any item to move it around the inventory/move it to a chest or shop/equip it/throw it in the trash
Press any in-inventory button or interactable text (quick stack, sort, loot all, crafting menu, map display types)
Press and hold up or down on the crafting wheel to scroll through it
Press and hold on an item in the crafting wheel to craft, then drag to place it in the inventory
Press on any of the accessory info buttons to toggle visibility
Double-tap any of the accessory slots to toggly visibility
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You can also adjust the in-game settings with touch!