EverQuest – Shortcut Hot Keys / Keybinds
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Also known as Keybinds, these shortcut key or Hoy Keys can help you navigate your environment much quicker than using a mouse and clicking on commands in the GUI. Once you learn the most used Keybinds you will find game play much faster and could help save your life during combat missions.
Enabling and Disabling Windows
Each window in full screen mode can be enabled or disabled for viewing by engaging the customizable hot-key combination for that feature and window. Please Note: Generally pressing escape (Esc Key) will close a window.
| ALT + B | Buff/Spell Effects Window |
| ALT + C | Chat Window |
| ALT + D | Compass window |
| ALT + E | Bard song box |
| ALT + F | Friends window |
| ALT + G | Guild management tool window |
| ALT + H | Hotbox Window. Shift +1 to Shift + 0 switch between each of the 10 Hotbox windows. |
| ALT + J | Journal window |
| ALT + K | mp3 player window |
| ALT + L | Lock down window position |
| ALT + M | Menu Window |
| ALT + N | Storyline window |
| ALT + O | Options window |
| ALT + P | Party (Group) Window |
| ALT + Q | OoW Task System Window |
| ALT + R | Raid window |
| ALT + S | Spell Gem Window |
| ALT + T | Target Window |
| ALT + U | Tribute Window |
| ALT + V | LDoN statistics window |
| ALT + Y | Self-Status Window |
| ALT + Z | GoD expedition window |
| ALT + 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) | Casts spells in appropriate spell gem slot (9 is only if you have OoW) |
| ALT + F1 | Pet window |
| CTRL + B | Opens spell book |
| CTRL + I | Invites targeted player into group |
| CTRL + F | Does a find in zone |
| CTRL + S | Camps your character (only if sitting) |
| CTRL + W | Does a /who |
| CTRL + X | Camps you to the character select screen. Will not work if you are sitting on a mount. |
| CTRL + V | OoW Voice Macro's |
| CTRL + 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) | Performs the appropriate combat ability corresponding to the Combat Ability window |
| SHIFT + T | OoW Player Title Selection Window |
| Backspace | Map window |
| I | Inventory window |
| L | Leadership (Group & Raid) window |
| P | Opens up the in game customer service window, allows you to make petition as well as search for common problems (like the /petition command). |
| R | Reply to last tell |
| V | Alternate Abilities window |
Targeting Function Keys
The following are the 8 different function keys, that allow you to target players and non-players quickly.
| F1 | Selects yourself. |
| F2 | Selects the first person in your Party Window. |
| F3 | Selects the second person in your Party Window. |
| F4 | Selects the third person in your Party Window. |
| F5 | Selects the forth person in your Party Window. |
| F6 | Selects the fifth person in your Party Window. |
| F7 | Selects the nearest Player Character. |
| F8 | Selects the nearest Non-Player Character. |
Miscellaneous Command Keys
| D | Makes you duck (/duck), handy for moving through small spaces. |
| F9 | This allows you to cycle through various camera views. |
| F10 | This allows you to toggle the interface on and off (turning off the interface makes for cleaner screenshots). |
| F11 | Toggles the ping bar off and off (little green thing in corner with numbers!) |
| F12 | Toggles between enabling and disabling mouse panning. |
| H | Pressing "H" will Hail the player or non-player character you have in your Target Window. Useful for starting conversations with NPCs, for quests, etc. |
| Q | Pressing "Q" will initiate the auto-attack command (shortcut for the /attack on command). Be careful when typing, as you could press this in the wrong mode and attack a NPC which you will not beat! |
| R | Pressing "R" will allow you to reply the the last /tell you received. Basically a quick shortcut for the /reply command. |
| - | The minus (-) key on the number keypad allows you to take a screenshot. The format of the resulting image file can be changed in your EQclient.ini file - see EQclient.ini for further information |
Panning and Zooming
You can pan the camera in different directions, either with the keyboard (press Alt + the arrow keys) or by right-clicking the mouse. To pan with the mouse, right-click-and-drag in any direction (this works in all views except for fixed overhead and rear views – in these, the mouse zooms the view in and out).
| First-person view (default) | View straight ahead (you can't see your character). |
| Overhead (rotating) | View from above (camera rotates as you turn). |
| Rear (rotating) | View from rear (camera rotates as you turn and stays behind you). |
| Overhead (fixed) | View from above (camera does not rotate when you turn). |
| Rear (fixed) | View from rear (camera does not rotate when you turn). |
Camera Views
During gameplay you can view your character from several different camera angles, zoom in and out, or pan up and down.
To cycle between available views, press F9.
| Numpad 5 or Home | Re-center view |
| Numpad 9 and 3 or Page-Up and Page-Down | Pitch view up / down |
| Numpad 7 and 1 or Insert and Delete | Zoom view in / out |