StarCraft II Hotkeys

Here is the hotkey layout I've been using for several months now:

I play Protoss, but the layout includes keys for Zerg and Terran units also (though these are not as well tested).

Features:

• Control groups are on 12345`TYGB. I use 1-5 for armies, letters for production buildings, and ` for an observer.
• Camera positions are on Ctrl-FDRE, with Alt-FDRE to set them. I use these for bases.
• There is another camera position accessed on mouse button 4 (with Ctrl-Mouse4 to set it). I use this for my main ramp or a forward pylon.
• Select Warpgates is on Mouse5.
• Spells and abilities are on ER or WER for most units. Non-spell building abilities (such as Upgrade to Hive or Load SCVs) and the ghost's remaining spells are on Q and XCV.
• Train Unit hotkeys are SDF or ASDF with ER used for casters or other special units.
• Building construction, upgrades, and Zerg unit production use a 3x3 grid layout on the keys marked in green. Hallucinate uses the same grid but extended with Q and A.

This layout is designed to be used with a Control key where most keyboards have Caps Lock (as shown in the diagram above), though it will still work on other keyboards.

Downloads:

• QWERTY version
• Dvorak version
• Programmer Dvorak version
  Note: this version probably does not work on Windows (I've only tested it on Linux with StarCraft running under Wine). Also, to make this work properly under Wine, you must apply a patch to make Wine translate keycodes correctly with the Programmer Dvorak layout.
• Programmer Dvorak version for vanilla Wine
  This is similar to the previous layout but does not require a patch. Since keycodes are mistranslated, the $ key (` in the QWERTY layout) cannot be used. Instead, control group 6 is moved to the = key (QWERTY 6).

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