Controls

2026-07-10T14:45:40Z

89.247.254.215: /* Export/Import Keybinds */

[[File:GW2 QRC NA Digital.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Controls]]
{{otheruses|the game controls|the combat mechanics|Control}}
[[Controls]] are functions used by the player to open menus, activate skills and abilities, and otherwise allow the character to interact with the [[:Category:Game mechanics|game mechanics]]. Key-mappings, or hot-keys, are shortcuts that allow the player to quickly access or open skills and windows. The following list is the current listing of hot-key options at their default settings. Those listed as ''Unassigned'' do not have a key mapped to that action by default. All of the following actions may be mapped to different keys by the player allowing for the player to customize the shortcuts to their own preferences. Currently, mouse camera controls can not be remapped and are limited to the left and right mouse click buttons, except when action camera is toggled on.

[[File:Controls.jpg|thumb|In game appearance Controls<br>10.17.2017]]
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== Key-mappings ==
{{see|Options#Control Options}}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Movement</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|W}},{{key|↑}} || width=500 | Move Forward / ''Double tap to dodge forward''
|-
| {{key|S}},{{key|↓}} || Move Backward / ''Double tap to dodge backward''
|-
| {{key|A}},{{key|←}} || Strafe Left / ''Double tap to dodge left while standing and forward left while moving forward''
|-
| {{key|D}},{{key|→}} || Strafe Right / ''Double tap to dodge right while standing and forward right while moving forward''
|-
| {{key|Q}} || Turn Left
|-
| {{key|E}} || Turn Right
|-
| {{key|v}} || [[Dodge]]
|-
| {{key|R}},{{key|Num Lock}} || Auto-Run
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Walk
|-
| {{key|Space}} || Jump
|-
| {{key|Space}} || [[Underwater mode|Swim]] Up
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Swim Down
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || About Face
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Skills</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|`}} || width=500 | Swap [[Weapon]]s / ''Drop [[bundle]], or exit [[transform]]ation (excludes [[Polymorph Moa]] and [[Death Shroud]])''
|-
| {{key|1}} || [[Weapon skill|Weapon Skill]] 1
|-
| {{key|2}} || Weapon Skill 2
|-
| {{key|3}} || Weapon Skill 3
|-
| {{key|4}} || Weapon Skill 4
|-
| {{key|5}} || Weapon Skill 5
|-
| {{key|6}} || [[Healing|Healing Skill]]
|-
| {{key|7}} || [[Utility Skill]] 1
|-
| {{key|8}} || Utility Skill 2
|-
| {{key|9}} || Utility Skill 3
|-
| {{key|0}} || [[Elite skill|Elite Skill]]
|-
| {{key|F1}} || [[Profession mechanic|Profession Skill]] 1 — (e.g. {{key|F1}} activates [[Fire Attunement]] for elementalists)
|-
| {{key|F2}} || Profession Skill 2
|-
| {{key|F3}} || Profession Skill 3
|-
| {{key|F4}} || Profession Skill 4
|-
| {{key|F5}} || Profession Skill 5
|-
| {{key|F6}} || Profession Skill 6
|-
| {{key|F7}} || Profession Skill 7
|-
| {{key|N}} || Special Action
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Targeting</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|Shift}}+{{key|T}} || width=500 | [[Call Target | Alert Target]]
|-
| {{key|Ctrl}}+{{key|T}} || [[Call Target]]
|-
| {{key|T}} || [[Call Target | Take Target]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Set Personal Target
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Take Personal Target
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Nearest Enemy
|-
| {{key|Tab}} || Next Enemy
|-
| {{key|Shift}}+{{key|Tab}} || Previous Enemy
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Nearest Ally
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Next Ally
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Previous Ally
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Call Target|Lock Autotarget]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Call Target|Snap Ground Target]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Call Target|Toggle Snap Ground Target]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Call Target|Disable Autotargeting]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Call Target|Toggle Autotargeting]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Ally Targeting Mode
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Toggle Ally Targeting Mode
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>User Interface</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|Esc}} || width=500 | Closes any open dialogue or opens the Game Access Dialogue. ''Note: this cannot be edited, and does not show up in the controls editor menu.''
|-
| {{key|O}} || [[Black Lion Trading Company|Black Lion Trading]] Dialog
|-
| {{key|Y}} || [[Contacts]] Dialog
|-
| {{key|G}} || [[Guild]] Dialog
|-
| {{key|H}} || [[Hero]] Dialog
|-
| {{key|I}} || [[Inventory]] Dialog
|-
| {{key|K}} || [[Pet]] Dialog
|-
| {{key|F12}} || Logout
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Mail]] Dialog
|-
| {{key|F11}} || [[Options]] Dialog
|-
| {{key|P}} || [[Party]] / ''Invite, kick, or leave party''
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[PvP panel|PvP Panel]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[PvP Build]]
|-
| {{key|B}} || [[Scoreboard]] or [[World vs World]] standing in [[PvE]]
|-
| {{key|Shift}}+{{key|H}} || [[Wizard's Vault]] Dialogue
|-
| {{key|-}} || [[Information]] Dialogue — (In e.g. [[Activity|Activities]], this will show/hide the panel explaining the rules.)
|-
| {{key|\}} || [[Chat]] Show / Hide
|-
| {{key|/}} || [[Chat Command]] — (This will focus the chat panels text input field, clear any text possibly still in it, prefill a "/" and position the text cursor after it. Entering e.g. "/wave" in the chat activates the wave [[emote]])
|-
| {{key|Enter}},{{key|Return (NUM)}} || [[Chat panel|Chat Message]] — (This will focus the chat panels text input field.)
|-
| {{key|Backspace}} || Chat Reply
|-
| {{key|Ctrl}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|H}} || Show / Hide the [[Graphical user interface|user interface]]
|-
| {{key|Shift}}+{{key|\}} || Show / Hide Squad Broadcast
|-
| {{key|Shift}}+{{key|/}} || Squad Broadcast Chat Command
|-
| {{key|Shift}}+{{key|Enter}},{{key|Shift}}+{{key|Return (NUM)}} || Squad Broadcast Message
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Camera</h3>
|-
| width=200 | ''Unassigned'' || width=500 | Free Camera
|-
| {{key|Page Up}} || Zoom In
|-
| {{key|Page Down}} || Zoom Out
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Look Behind
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Toggle Action Camera
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Disable Action Camera
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Screenshot</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|Print Screen}} || width=500 | Normal
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Stereoscopic
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Map</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|M}} || width=500 | Open / Close
|-
| {{key|Space}} || Recenter
|-
| {{key|Page Down}} || Floor Down
|-
| {{key|Page Up}} || Floor Up
|-
| {{key|+}}, {{key|<nowiki>=</nowiki>}} || Zoom In
|-
| {{key|-}}, {{key|_}} || Zoom Out
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Mounts</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|X}} || width=500 | Mount / Dismount
|-
| {{key|V}} || Mount Ability 1 {{#info:Raptor's [[Leap]], Springer's [[Rocket Jump]], Skimmer's [[Hover High]], Jackal's [[Blink]], Griffon's [[Dive]], Rollerbeetle's [[Boost]], Warclaw's [[Dash_(Warclaw)|Dash]], Skyscale's [[Dash_(Skyscale)|Dash]]}}
|-
| {{key|C}} || Mount Ability 2 {{#info:Skimmer's [[Dive]], Griffon's [[Climb]], Rollerbeetle's [[Drift]], Skyscale's [[Descend]]}}
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Raptor]] Mount/Dismount
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Springer]] Mount/Dismount
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Skimmer]] Mount/Dismount
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Jackal]] Mount/Dismount
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Griffon]] Mount/Dismount
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Roller Beetle]] Mount/Dismount
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Warclaw]] Mount/Dismount
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Skyscale]] Mount/Dismount
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Siege Turtle]] Mount/Dismount
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Spectators</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|Shift}}+{{key|Tab}} || width=500 | Nearest Fixed Camera
|-
| {{key|Tab}} || Nearest Player
|-
| {{key|1}} || Red Player 1
|-
| {{key|2}} || Red Player 2
|-
| {{key|3}} || Red Player 3
|-
| {{key|4}} || Red Player 4
|-
| {{key|5}} || Red Player 5
|-
| {{key|6}} || Blue Player 1
|-
| {{key|7}} || Blue Player 2
|-
| {{key|8}} || Blue Player 3
|-
| {{key|9}} || Blue Player 4
|-
| {{key|0}} || Blue Player 5
|-
| {{key|Ctrl}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|F}} || Free Camera
|-
| {{key|E}} || Free Camera — Boost
|-
| {{key|W}} || Free Camera — Forward
|-
| {{key|S}} || Free Camera — Backward
|-
| {{key|A}} || Free Camera — Left
|-
| {{key|D}} || Free Camera — Right
|-
| {{key|Space}} || Free Camera — Up
|-
| {{key|V}} || Free Camera — Down
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Squad</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|Alt}}+{{key|1}} || width=500 | Arrow
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|2}} || Circle
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|3}} || Heart
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|4}} || Square
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|5}} || Star
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|6}} || Spiral
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|7}} || Triangle
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|8}} || X
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|9}} || Clear All Location Markers
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|1}} || Arrow
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|2}} || Circle
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|3}} || Heart
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|4}} || Square
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|5}} || Star
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|6}} || Spiral
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|7}} || Triangle
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|8}} || X
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Shift}}+{{key|9}} || Clear All Object Markers
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Mastery Skills</h3>
|-
| width=200 | {{key|J}} || width=500 | Activate Mastery Skill
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Start [[Fishing]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Summon [[Skiff]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Set [[Jade Bot: Personal Waypoint|Jade Bot Waypoint]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Scan for [[Rift Hunting|Rift]]
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Skyscale Leap
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Summon Conjured Doorway|Conjured Doorway]]
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
|-
| width=200 | ''Unassigned'' || width=500 | [[Area of effect|AoE]] Loot
|-
| {{key|F}} || Interact / [[Revive]] / [[Downed#Finishing enemy players|PvP Finisher]] — (performs context-sensitive actions)
|-
| {{key|Left Ctrl}} || Show Enemy Names
|-
| {{key|Left Alt}} || Show Friendly Names
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Stow / Draw [[Weapon]]s
|-
| {{key|Right Ctrl}} || Language Quick Toggle
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Ranger Pet Combat Toggle
|-
| {{key|Alt}}+{{key|Enter}},{{key|Cmd}}+{{key|Enter}} || Toggle Full Screen
|-
| {{key|U}} || Equip/Unequip Novelty
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Activate Chair
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Activate Musical Instrument
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Activate Held Item
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Activate Toy
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Activate Tonic
|-
| {{key|L}} || Decorate Mode Toggle
|}
{| {{STDT}} style="width:100%; max-width:700px"
! colspan="2" style="width:700px;" | <h3>Templates</h3>
|-
| width=200 | ''Unassigned'' || width=500 | [[Build Template]] 1
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Build Template 2
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Build Template 3
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Build Template 4
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Build Template 5
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Build Template 6
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Build Template 7
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Build Template 8
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || [[Equipment Template]] 1
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Equipment Template 2
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Equipment Template 3
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Equipment Template 4
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Equipment Template 5
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Equipment Template 6
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Equipment Template 7
|-
| ''Unassigned'' || Equipment Template 8
|}

== Export/Import Keybinds ==
* Export keybinds to a file and import them to any GW2 installation with the buttons at the bottom of the Control Options window ({{key|F11}}, 4th tab).
* You will be asked to provide a filename.
* By default they are saved to <code>%userprofile%\Documents\Guild Wars 2\InputBinds</code>.

== Notes ==
* In Windows, an action's keybind may be set to:
** Any single key (including the Right or Left Shift, Alt, and Ctrl keys) on the standard 104-key keyboard EXCEPT:
*** Escape
*** Windows Logo
*** Break
*** Scroll Lock
*** Context Menu Key
** Any one, two, or three of the Ctrl/Shift/Alt keys plus a single key (excepting the five bulleted above)
* Each action may have 2 keybinds
* Some actions may have the same keybinds due to the different environment the actions occur in, for instance:
** Spectators section of the 'Control Options' and any other section
** Jump and Swim Up
* The [[Game updates/2022-08-02|August 2, 2022 game update]] changed the default keybindings as follows:
{| {{STDT}}
! Action !! colspan="2" | New<br>default !! colspan="2" | Previous<br>default
|-
| Strafe Left || {{key|A}} || {{key|←}} || {{key|Q}} || 
|-
| Strafe Right || {{key|D}} || {{key|→}} || {{key|E}} || 
|-
| Turn Left || {{key|Q}} ||  || {{key|A}} || {{key|←}}
|-
| Turn Right || {{key|E}} ||  || {{key|D}} || {{key|→}}
|-
| Special Action || {{key|N}} ||  || {{key|-}} || 
|-
| Information Dialog || {{key|-}} ||  || {{key|N}} || 
|}
{{bug|While the notes for the August 2, 2022 patch state that the keybinds were updated for new accounts, they were also changed for some existing accounts. If you're experiencing any issues with your controls (e.g. after returning to the game from a break); consider verifying that your keybind settings are still as you're expecting them to be.}}

== See also ==
* [[Chat command]]
* [[Graphical user interface]]

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