How to Make a Hotkey in World of Warcraft
A hotkey in World of Warcraft is a keyboard button you can press to perform a skill normally triggered by clicking a box on the screen. An impressive number of pre-set hotkeys come standard in World of Warcraft, but there's always a good opportunity to add more.
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Instructions
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Add an ability to your Warcraft action bar. Each ability is represented as an icon in your spellbook, which can be found using the hotkey "p."
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Open the Key Bindings menu under "Options" and find the correctly numbered line. Each box on your action bar has a corresponding number in the Key Bindings menu.
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Click one of the two buttons available. You can have two keys bound to the same function or hotkey at a time.
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Hit the button you would like to bind to this spell. Some of Warcraft's hotkeys are impossible to change, but most of them are completely customizable.
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Select "Okay" from the options at the bottom to save your new hotkey. It's now ready for in-game use.
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Tips & Warnings
Making your most common spells into hotkeys and grouping them near your hand on the keyboard is an easy way to boost your reaction times in Warcraft.
Hotkey management add-ons are available that allow you to customize more of the Warcraft interface and hotkeys. Many players swear by mods that allow them to map their keys exactly as they wish.
If you delete your "WTF" folder, or use the repair tool included with Warcraft, your bindings will be destroyed. This can also happen occasionally with a new patch or hotfix.
