From: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 20:01:21 EDT

a list of hotkeys for starcraft
General keyboard control

       Cancel building / Exit menu - Escape
       Cancel unit / building - Left click
       Main Menu - F10 / Alt+M
       Help Menu - F1 / Ctrl + H
       Option Menu - Ctrl + O
       Turn map background on / off - Tab
       Toggle diplomacy colors - Shift + tab. Will toggle what colors are shown in the minimap. when turned on, gren is your troops, yellow your allies, and red thy enemies.
       Turn music on / off - Ctrl + M
       Turn sound on / off - Ctrl + S
       Quit Mission - Ctrl + Q
       Exit Game - Ctrl + X
       Center screen at starting position - F2 / F3 / F4
       Set rally point - R
       Turn up game speed - +
       Turn down game speed - -
       Center screen on current unit - Ctrl + C
       Message to current audience - Enter / Ctrl + J then message then enter. Will send a message to whatever setting you have it at.
       Message to all - Shift + enter
       Message to allies - Ctrl + enter
       Enter cheat code - Enter / Ctrl + J then code then enter
       Toggle multiplayer ranking mode - Ctrl + R

General unit control

       Move unit - Select unit, right click target location
       Attack unit (enemy) - Select unit, right click target enemy
       Attack unit (friendly) - A then left click target
       Stop unit - S
       Patrol area - P then left click the area you want the unit to patrol to
       Hold position (no provoked movement) - H
       Group units together to be recalled by keyboard - Select units, then press Ctrl and a number key (0-9)
       Recall grouped units - Press keyboard key assigned to group
       Save map position - Shift + F2-F4
       Recall map position - F2-F4
       Move screen to last transmission - Spacebar
       Select all units of one type on screen - Double-click unit of type or Ctrl then left click
       Add command to queue - Hold Shift while making command

Zerg unit control

       Larva control

               Morph to drone - D
               Morph to zergling - Z
               Morph to overlord - O
               Morph to hydralisk - H
               Morph to mutalisk - M
               Morph to scourge - S
               Morph to queen - Q
               Morph to ultralisk - U
               Morph to defiler - F

       Drone control

               Gather resources - G then left click target resource
               Return resources - C then left click target hatchery
               Become structure - B then structure to become:

                       Morph to hatchery - H
                       Morph to creep colony - C
                       Morph to extractor - E
                       Morph to spawning pool - S
                       Morph to evolution chamber - V
                       Morph to hydralisk den - D

               Become advanced structure - V

                       Morph to spire - S
                       Morph to queen's nest - Q
                       Morph to nydus canal - N
                       Morph to ultralisk den - O
                       Morph to defiler mound - D
               Burrow - U

       Queen Control

                       Infest Command Center - I
                       Parasite - R
                       Ensnare - E
                       Spawn broodlings - B

       Mutalisk Control

                       Guardian aspect - G

       Defiler Control

                       Dark Swarm - W
                       Plague - G
                       Consume - C

       Infested Terran

                       Detonate - D

Zerg structure control

       Hatchery

               Select Larva - S
               Set Rally Point - R
               Evolve Burrow - B
               Mutate into Lair - L

       Lair

               Evolve ventral sacs - V
               Evolve sntennae - A
               Evolve pneumatized caraspace - P
               Mutate into hive - H

       Creep Colony

               Mutate into spore colony - S
               Mutate into sunken colony - U

       Zerg Spawning Pool

               Evolve metabolic boost - M
               Evolve adrenal glands - A

       Evolution chamber

               Upgrade melee attacks - M
               Upgrade missile attacks - A
               Upgrade carapace - C

       Zerg Spawning Pool

               Evolve metabolic boost - M
               Evolve adrenal glands - A
               Evolve caraspace - C

       Hydralisk Den

               Evolve muscular augments - M
               Evolve grooved spines - G

       Spire

               Upgrade flyer attacks- A
               Upgrade flyer carapace - C
               Mutate into greater spire - G

       Queen Nest

               Evolve spawn broodling - B
               Evolve ensnare - E
               Evolve gamete meiosis - G

       Nydus Canal

               Place nydus canal exit - N

       Defiler Mound

               Evolve plague - G
               Evolve consume - C
               Evolve Metasypnatic Node - M

       Infested command center

               Build infested marine - I

Protoss unit control

       Drone

               Gather resources - G then left click target resource
               Return resources - C then left click target Nexus
               Warp in structure - B then structure to warp in:

                       Warp in nexus - N
                       Warp in pylon - P
                       Warp in assimilator - A
                       Warp in gateway - G
                       Warp in forge - F
                       Warp in photon canon - C
                       Warp in cybernetics core - Y
                       Warp in shield battery - B

               Warp in advanced structure - V

                       Warp in robotics facility - R
                       Warp in stargate - S
                       Warp in citadel of Adun - C
                       Warp in support bay - B
                       Warp in fleet beacon - F
                       Warp in templar archives - T
                       Warp in observatory - O
                       Warp in arbiter tribunal - A

       Templar

               Psionic storm - T then left click target locale
               Hallucination - H then left click the target
               Archon warp - R when selecting more than one templar

       Shuttle

               Load - L then left click units to load

       Reaver

               Build scarab - R

       Carrier

               Build interceptor - I

       Arbiter

               Recall - R
               Stasis field - T then left click target

Protoss structure control

       Nexus

               Build probe - P
               Set rally point - R

       Gateway

               Train zealot - Z
               Train dragoon - D
               Train templar - T

       Forge

               Upgrade ground weapons - W
               Upgrade ground armor - A
               Upgrade plasma shields - P

       Sheild battery

               Recharge shields - R

       Cybernetics core

               Upgrade air weapons - W
               Upgrade air armor - A
               Develop singularity charge - S

       Robotics facility

               Build shuttle - S
               Build reaver - V
               Build observer - O

       Stargate

               Build scout - S
               Build carrier - C
               Build arbiter - A

       Citadel of Adun

               Leg enhancement - L

       Robotic support bay

               Upgrade scarab damage - S
               Upgrade reaver capacity - C
               Upgrade gravitic drive - G

       Fleet beacon

               Develop apial sensors - A
               Upgrade gravitic thrusters - G
               Upgrade carrier capacity - C

       Templar archives

               Develop psionic storm - P
               Develop hallucination - H
               Develop Khaydarin Amulet - K

       Observatory

               Research gravitic booster - G
               Develop sensor array - S

       Arbiter Tribunal

               Develop recall - R
               Develop stasis field - S
               Develop Khaydarin Core - K

Terran unit control

       SCV

               Gather resources - G then left click target resource
               Return resources - C then left click target Nexus
               Build structure - B then structure to become:

                       Build command center - C
                       Build supply depot - S
                       Build refinery - R
                       Build barracks - B
                       Build engineering bay - E
                       Build turret - T
                       Build academy - A
                       Build bunker - U

               Build advanced structure - V

                       Build factory - F
                       Build starport - S
                       Build science facility - I
                       Build armory - A
                       Repair - R

       Marine

               Use stimpack - T

       Firebat

               Use stimpack - T

       Ghost

               Personal cloaking - C
               Lockdown - L
               Nuclear strike - N

       Vulture

               Lay spider mine - I

       Siege tank

               Siege mode - O

       Wraith

               Cloak - C

       Dropship

               Load - L then left click unit to load
               Unload all - U
               Unload single - Left click unit to unload

       Science vessel

               Activate defensive matrix - D then left click target
               EMP Shockwave - E
               Irradiate - I

       Battlecruiser

               Yamato gun - Y

Terran structure control

       Command center

               Build SCV - S
               Set rally point - R
               Liftoff - L
               Build comsat station - C
               Build nuclear silo - N

       Barracks

               Build marine - M
               Build firebat - F
               Build ghost - G
               Liftoff - L

       Engineering bay

               Upgrade infantry weapons - W
               Upgrade infantry armor - A
               Liftoff - L

       Academy

               Research U-238 shells - U
               Research stimpacks - T

       Factory

               Build vulture - V
               Build siege tank - T
               Build goliath - G
               Build machine shop add-on - C
               Liftoff - L

       Machine shop

               Research ion thrusters - I
               Research spider mines - M
               Research siege mode - S

       Starport

               Build wraith - W
               Build dropship - D
               Build science vessel - V
               Build battlecruiser - B
               Build control tower - C
               Liftoff - L

       Control tower

               Research cloaking - C
               Research apollo reactor - A

       Science Facility

               Research EMP shocwave - E
               Research irradiate - I
               Research titan reactor - T
               Liftoff - L
               Build covert ops - C
               Build physics lab - P

       Covert ops

               Research lockdown - L
               Research personal cloaking - C
               Research ocular implants - O
               Research mobeius reactor - M

       Physics lab

               Research yamato gun - Y
               Research colossus reactor - C

       Armory

               Upgrade vehicle weapons - W
               Upgrade vehicle plating - P
               Upgrade ship weapons - S
               Upgrade ship plating - H

       Comsat station

               Scanner sweep - S then click target area

       Nuclear silo

               Arm nuclear silo - N

Battlenet commands

       /whois (player_name) - Displays if (player_name) is on, and, if so, what game or chatroom he or she is in
       /stats (player_name) - Displays the wins / losses / drops for player_name
       /w (player_name) [message] - Sends the message [message] to (player_name), no matter where they are
       /ignore (player_name) - Stops or restarts displaying messagess from player_name
       /time - Displays the current time
       /who (player_name) - Displays people in chat with that nickname
       /ban (player_name) - Bans player_name from the game
       /kick (player_name) - Kicks player_name from the game