StarCraft keyboard controls 

StarCraft controls   

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- Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are essential for almost any real-time strategy player, as they allow to do repetitive actions quicker than mouse movements and clicks. In this shortcuts list, a few are specific to Remastered edition of the game, and they are indicated in parentheses.

2
↑  Shift + F2

Save location

2
B

Build Structure

1
M

Marine

1
Space

Go to last alert location

1
↑  Shift +

(on own unit) Add or remove unit from current selection

1
M

Spider Mines (Machine Shop)

0
Ctrl +

Select the clicked unit and other units of the same type on the screen

0
Ctrl + 0 - 9

Assign currently selected units to the numbered control group

0
Alt + S

Open the Select Map frame from within the Create custom game menu (multiplayer)

0
↑  Shift

Queue up to 9 orders when held

0
V

Science Vessel

0
Alt + L

Load game (single player)

0
Esc

Cancel

0
F6

Control zoom

0
Tab

Cycle through various buttons and input fields (use shift to reverse the order of cycling)

0
Alt + ⤶ Enter

Switch between windowed-fullscreen and windowed

0
↑  Shift + Tab

(in multiplayer) Once: Change Opponent/Allies/Self colors in the minimap to red/yellow/teal respectively. Twice: Make the change of colors on main screen & minimap. Thrice: back to original colors on main screen & minimap.

0
L

Morph to Lurker (Brood War)

0
C

Terran (Ghost, Wraith)

0
Alt + R

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle display of the side panel

0

Move camera

0
A

Assimilator

0
G

Gather

0
Alt + Z

(StarCraft: Remastered) Open the diplomacy menu

0
Ctrl +

(on unit in selection box) Select all units of that type already selected

0
Alt + 0 - 9 then 0 - 9

(double press on the number) Select units from the numbered control group then center screen to them

-1
Tab

Toggle whether to show terrain in minimap

-1
Ctrl + S

Toggle sound

0
Ctrl + C

Center screen on selected unit(s)

0
Ctrl + A

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle the display of all panels

0
Ctrl + Z

(StarCraft: Remastered) Open the diplomacy menu

0
F4

Control camera location

0
F4

Go to saved location

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0
F5

Toggle remastered graphics (StarCraft: Remastered)

0
Ctrl + R

(if game type is Use Map Settings (UMS)) Toggle multiplayer ranking mode

0
Ctrl + R

Toggle multiplayer ranking mode if game type is Use Map Settings (UMS)

0
↑  Shift + F4

Save location

0
↑  Shift + F4

Control camera location

0
Ctrl + U

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle display of the unit panel

0
N

Nexus

0
N

Arm Nuclear Silo (Nuclear Silo)

0
P

Probe

0
P

Pneumatized Carapace (Lair, Hive)

0
P

Psionic Storm (Templar Archives)

0
K

Khaydarin Core (Arbiter Tribunal)

0
K

Dark Templar (Brood War)

0
R

Build Scarab (Reaver)

0
R

Restoration (Academy) (Brood War)

0
R

Merge to Archon

0
R

Refinery

0
R

Robotics Facility

0
H

Hatchery

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0
H

Hydralisk

0
H

Ship Plating (Armory)

0
↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

To all message prompt (multiplayer)

0
F11

Open help and tips menu

0
Tab

Toggle minimap display

0
M

Mind Control (Templar Archives) (Brood War)

0
M

Mutalisk

0
Ctrl + I

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle display of the minimap

0
M

Move

0
↑  Shift + Tab

Switch between player colors and diplomacy colors in the minimap and main screen

0
C

Increased Reaver Capacity (Robotics Support Bay)

0
C

Covert Ops (To Science Facility)

0
C

Cannon

0
C

Carapace (Evolution Chamber)

0
C

Machine Shop (To Factory)

0
C

Cloaking Field (Control Tower)

0
C

Carrier

0
C

Medic (Brood War)

0
C

Creep Colony

0
C

Citadel of Adun

0
U

Bunker

0
U

Burrow/Unburrow (Drone, Zergling, Hydralisk, Defiler, Infested Terran)

0
U

Ultralisk Cavern

0
U

Unload All

0
B

Burrow (Hatchery, Lair, Hive)

0
B

Spawn Broodling (Queen's Nest)

0
L

Lurker Aspect (Hydralisk Den) (Brood War)

0
F

Factory

0
F

Feedback (Dark Archon) (Brood War)

0
F

Forge

0
F

Defiler

0
F

Optical Flare (Medic) (Brood War)

0
F10

Open the game menu (i.e. same hotkeys as ingame)

0
F10

Open main menu

0
Alt + A

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle the display of all panels

0
Alt + E

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle display of the statistics panel

0
Alt + W

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle display of the side panel

0
Alt + M

Open the game menu (i.e. same hotkeys as ingame)

0
Alt + O

Open options menu

0
V

Build Advanced Structure

0

Adjust view height (single player, observer, and replay) (StarCraft: Remastered)

0
Alt + Y

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle display of the replay panel

0
0 - 9

Select units from the numbered control group

0
↑  Shift + 0 - 9

Add currently selected units to the numbered control group

0
G

Goliath

0
G

Plague (Defiler)

0
G

Plague (Defiler Mound)

0
Y

Valkyrie (Brood War)

0
Y

Yamato Gun (Physics Lab)

0
Y

Yamato Cannon (Battlecruiser)

0
A

Adrenal Glands (Spawning Pool)

0
A

Heal (Medic) (Brood War)

0
A

Infantry Armor (Engineering Bay)

0
A

Apial Sensors (Fleet Beacon)

0
A

Anabolic Synthesis (Ultralisk Cavern)

0
A

Arbiter

0
A

Apollo Reactor (Control Tower)

0
T

Missile Turret

0
T

Stasis Field (Arbiter)

0
T

Siege Tank

0
T

Psionic Storm (High Templar)

0
W

Vehicle Weapons (Armory)

0
E

Ensnare (Queen)

0
E

Extractor

0
Q

Queen

0
Q

Queen's Nest

0
Alt + F

(StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle display of the production panel

0
Alt + S

Save game

0
Alt + Q

Quit mission

0
D

Decrease game speed if unpaused (StarCraft: Remastered also supports this while paused)

0
D

Defensive Matrix (Science Vessel)

0
D

Disruption Web (Fleet Beacon) (Brood War)

0
D

Hydralisk Den

0
D

Drone

0
I

Lay Spider Mines (Vulture)

0
I

Science Facility

0
I

Irradiate (Science Facility)

0
I

Irradiate (Science Vessel)

0
O

Overlord

0
O

Ocular Implants (Covert Ops)

0
O

Observer

0
S

Singularity Charge (Cybernetics Core)

0
S

Sensor Array (Observatory)

0
S

Plasma Shields (Forge)

0
S

Stargate

0
S

Scarab Capacity (Robotics Support Bay)

0
S

SCV

0
S

Scourge

0
S

Siege Tech (Machine Shop)

0
A

Antennae (Lair, Hive)

0
A

Attack (and Attack Move)


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Program name: StarCraft StarCraft (Games - PC)

StarCraft is the first video game in the StarCraft real-time strategy game series. It was released on March 31, 1998. The game is set in a distant sector of the Milky Way galaxy. The story of the game revolves around the appearance of two alien races in Terran space and each race's attempts to survive and adapt over the others. StarCraft: Remastered, a remastered edition of the game was released on August 14, 2017.

Web page: starcraft.com

Last update: 7/20/2022 8:19 AM UTC

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