Controls (OpenXcom)

OpenXcom default Control Options

In the Controls screen you can customize keyboard shortcuts for a variety of functions normally only accessible with the mouse. To change a control, left-click on it and press the new key. To erase a control, right-click it.

Besides the controls listed on the screen, there are also these hardcoded shortcuts:

• ALT-ENTER – Toggles between windowed and fullscreen mode.
• Right-Click - Automatically set the min/max on an increase/decrease arrow button.
• Scroll Wheel - Scroll lists / Zoom globe / Change Battlescape view level.
• Back/Forward Buttons - (if available) Switch between soldiers on the Battlescape. (these are mouse buttons)

Default Keyboard Shortcuts:

General

• ENTER – OK
• Escape – Cancel
• F12 – ScreenShot
• F7 – FPS Counter
• F5 – Quick Save
• F9 – Quick Load

Geoscape

• Left Arrow – Rotate Left
• Right Arrow – Rotate Right
• Up Arrow – Rotate Up
• Down Arrow – Rotate Down
• + – Zoom in (plus key)
• - – Zoom out (minus key)
• 1 – 5 Second time on Geoscape (Slowest)
• 2 – 1 Minute time on Geoscape
• 3 – 5 Minute time on Geoscape
• 4 – 30 Minute time on Geoscape
• 5 – 1 Hour time on Geoscape
• 6 – 1 Day time on Geoscape (Fastest)
• I – INTERCEPT
• B – BASES
• G – GRAPHS
• U – UFOPEDIA
• Escape – OPTIONS
• F – FUNDING
• Tab – Toggle Country Detail (show the outlines on the map)
• R – Toggle Radar Ranges (display the circles for radar coverage)

(in the Basescape:)

• 1 – Select Base 1
• 2 – Select Base 2
• 3 – Select Base 3
• 4 – Select Base 4
• 5 – Select Base 5
• 6 – Select Base 6
• 7 – Select Base 7
• 8 – Select Base 8

BattleScape

• Left Arrow – Scroll Left
• Right Arrow – Scroll Right
• Up Arrow – Scroll Up
• Down Arrow – Scroll Down
• Page Up – View Level Above
• Page Down – View Level Below
• Home – Center Selected Unit
• Left Shift – Select Previous Unit
• Tab – Select Next Unit
• \ – Don't Reselect Unit
• Q – Use Left Hand Item
• E – Use Right Hand Item
• I – Inventory
• M – Minimap
• Escape – Options
• Backspace – End Turn
• A – Abort Mission
• S – Unit Statistics (TUs, Health, Fatal wounds, Accuracy, Armor, etc)
• K – Kneel
• R – Reload
• L – Toggle Personal Lighting (light up the space around your soldiers to see them in dark terrain easier).
• F1 – Don't Reserve TUs
• F2 – Reserve TUs for Snap Shot
• F3 – Reserve TUs for Aimed Shot
• F4 – Reserve TUs for Auto Shot
• J – Reserve TUs for Kneeling
• Delete – Expend all remaining Time Units
• 1 – Center on Enemy 1 in view
• 2 – Center on Enemy 2 in view
• 3 – Center on Enemy 3 in view
• 4 – Center on Enemy 4 in view
• 5 – Center on Enemy 5 in view
• 6 – Center on Enemy 6 in view
• 7 – Center on Enemy 7 in view
• 8 – Center on Enemy 8 in view
• 9 – Center on Enemy 9 in view
• 0 – Center on Enemy 10 in view
• F10 – Save First-Person Screenshot

From Nightlies:

• C – Create Inventory Template
• V – Apply Inventory Template
• X – Clear Inventory Template