Hotkey activate chat box

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Chakravanti
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Hotkey activate chat box

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A hotkey to active the chatbox so you can type while doing shit without fucking up whatever is in your hand (wells, etc.) in addition to the insanely annoying click-transparent UI.

Add shift to the hotkey to tab between active chat boxes.
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And a hot key to recenter character on screen when in fixed mode coming out of buildings.
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ctrl + S takes you directly to the area chat.
But, if that hotkey scrolled through chat tabs, it'd be great :)
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Breakneck9 wrote:And a hot key to recenter character on screen when in fixed mode coming out of buildings.
You can type ":cam fixed" while not focused on the chat box.
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Repercussionist wrote:
Breakneck9 wrote:And a hot key to recenter character on screen when in fixed mode coming out of buildings.
You can type ":cam fixed" while not focused on the chat box.
Pressing the middle mouse button also centers the screen around the spot clicked.
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Danno wrote:
Repercussionist wrote:
Breakneck9 wrote:And a hot key to recenter character on screen when in fixed mode coming out of buildings.
You can type ":cam fixed" while not focused on the chat box.
Pressing the middle mouse button also centers the screen around the spot clicked.
Yes, but not everyone has a mouse wheel. ;) Along those lines, though, you can also hold and drag. It comes in handy from time to time.
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Indeed, though I assume most do. Didn't know about dragging the middle button, good to know.
Sometimes I press "enter" in an attempt to access the chat box out of habit from other games... Learning about Ctrl+S in this topic is helpful, but I wouldn't mind having an option to set your own chat hotkey (which would perhaps override other hotkeys).
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Repercussionist wrote:Yes, but not everyone has a mouse wheel.
Is there really anyone these days who don't have a third mouse button?
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True, has anyone even seen a two button mouse let alone remember what it looks like.

Anyway, I have a scroll mouse that doesn't seem to work, and I didn't know the command to re center, thanks for the help guys.
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loftar wrote:
Repercussionist wrote:Yes, but not everyone has a mouse wheel.
Is there really anyone these days who don't have a third mouse button?
Anyone playing on a laptop without an accessory mouse.
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