# Keyboard and Mouse Default Controls

### **Movement** <a href="#movement" id="movement"></a>

#### **Walk** <a href="#walk" id="walk"></a>

* Hold down `W`, `A`, `S`, `D` keys or the arrow keys to move forward, left, back, or right.

#### **Run** <a href="#run" id="run"></a>

* Hold down `Shift` and a direction key to run.

#### **Crouch** <a href="#crouch" id="crouch"></a>

* Hold down `C` to crouch in place, or with a direction key to crouch walk.

### **Camera** <a href="#camera" id="camera"></a>

#### **Rotate Camera** <a href="#rotate-camera" id="rotate-camera"></a>

* Click and hold the left mouse button to rotate the camera around your avatar.
* Alternatively, hold down and rotate using a trackpad on a laptop.
* The avatar will move in the direction the camera is facing, allowing you to turn while walking by rotating the camera.

#### **Zoom** <a href="#zoom" id="zoom"></a>

* Press `-` to zoom out and `+` to zoom in.
* Alternatively, use the scroll wheel on your mouse, or pinch in and out on a laptop trackpad.

#### **Toggle View** <a href="#toggle-view" id="toggle-view"></a>

* Press `V` to toggle between third-person (camera behind your avatar) and first-person (camera as the eyes of your avatar) views.

### **Communications** <a href="#communications" id="communications"></a>

#### **Public Text Chat** <a href="#public-text-chat" id="public-text-chat"></a>

* Press `Enter` to focus the Public Text Chat input. After typing your message, press `Enter` again to send the message. Press `Escape` to unfocus the chat.

### Interactions <a href="#interactions" id="interactions"></a>

#### Main Menu <a href="#main-menu" id="main-menu"></a>

* Press `M` to toggle the main menu open and closed.

#### Terminal Open <a href="#terminal-open" id="terminal-open"></a>

* Press `E` to interact with terminals. Some terminals may perform actions like playing and pausing music, whilst others may toggle UI elements.

### Emotes, Gestures, and Emoticons <a href="#emotes-gestures-and-emoticons" id="emotes-gestures-and-emoticons"></a>

1. **Open Emote Grid:** Hold down the `G` key to open the Emote Grid.
2. **Choose Emotes Type:** At the top of the Emote Grid, select the category you want to use.
3. **Select Emote:** Use your mouse to hover over the emote, gesture, or emoticon you want to use.
4. **Choose Emote:** Release the `G` key or click with your mouse, and the emote, gesture, or emoticon will play.

**Note:** Moving your avatar while emoting, gesturing, or showing an emoticon, except for traversal emotes, will stop the animation.


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