Hotkeys and Aliases

Hotkeys and aliases make frequently used commands faster and can help you choose targets without typing character or creature names. Open the Settings menu while playing to find Hotkeys and Aliases.

These settings are saved for each character. Both windows also let you copy settings from another character.

The question-mark button in either window opens the client's Command Reference.

Aliases turn a short name into a longer command. When you type an alias name, the client expands it before sending the command.

To create one, open Settings > Aliases, choose Add Alias, enter the alias and its command, then choose Save.

Aliases can accept numbered parameters:

• #1 through #9 are required parameters. The alias reports an error if a required value is missing.
• &1 through &9 are optional parameters. A missing optional value is left out.
• If an alias has no parameter markers, any extra words you type are added to the end of its command.

Hotkeys bind a key combination to a command or a client action. Open Settings > Hotkeys, choose Add Binding, press the key combination you want to use, select the binding type, configure its action, then choose Save.

• A Command is sent as though you typed it. It can use an alias or a target selector.
• A Game Action performs a client feature directly, such as opening an inventory tab or the Quest Journal.

The Hotkeys window also controls how the keyboard is shared between chat and bindings:

• AlwaysInput keeps the chat input active. Ctrl and Alt combinations still work as hotkeys.
• PressToChat allows bare keys to work as hotkeys. Press Enter to type, then press Esc to return control to hotkeys.

Hold Shift and right-click an item to move it without dragging. It works both ways: quick-take items from the ground or your locker, or quick-put items from your inventory into your locker or onto the ground.

• The ground view must be showing your own spot, or a surface such as a table or counter right next to you. Other ground you are only looking at cannot be quick-taken from or quick-put to.
• If only part of a stack from the ground fits in your sack, that part is taken and the rest stays on the ground.
• Quick transfer never replaces an item you are already holding.
• Gold moves as a whole pile, without opening the amount dialog. Gold cannot be put in the locker.
• While your locker is open, an item that the locker page cannot hold stays where it is. It is never dropped on the ground instead.
• Only Shift on its own works; holding Ctrl or Alt as well gives a normal right-click. Worn equipment and rings are not moved this way.
• Normal item and turn restrictions still apply.

Use an @ selector where a command expects a target to choose from visible characters and creatures. Filters are separated by periods and can appear in any order.

• injured selects the matching visible target with the greatest percentage of missing health. For example, 100/1000 HP (90% missing) wins over 20/100 HP (80% missing), even farther away.
• nearest or furthest breaks equal-percentage ties; omitted distance means nearest. Equal injury and distance keep the first match in the current seeing list.
• A friendly injured selector can select you when no other matching friendly target is visible and you match its filters. A visible matching ally wins even when you are more injured.
• The selected target must still satisfy the command's range and other rules. The command does not substitute a less-injured target if the selected one cannot be used.
• If a selector is malformed or has no match, the command continues normally and fails like a bad target.
• Only the first selector in a command is resolved.
• Selectors inside quoted text are not changed.

Aliases, hotkeys, and target selectors can be combined. For example:

1. Create the alias heal with the command cast cure at #1.
2. Type heal @nearest.friendly.injured to heal the visible ally missing the greatest health percentage, with nearest breaking ties, without entering a name.
3. Bind Ctrl+H to heal @nearest.friendly.injured to perform the same command with one key combination.

For the commands you can use in aliases and command bindings, see Player Commands.