Age of Empires 4 Hotkeys, Controls, Shortcuts, & Rebinds List
Marcus Vance
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Age of Empires 4 Hotkeys Secondary Controls Aoe 4 Shortcuts & Rebinds Description – Num- Slower, (Comma) Down Arrow Cycle Through Idle Military Units. (Period)...
Age Of Empires 4 Hotkeys
Secondary Controls
AoE 4 Shortcuts & Rebinds Description
–
Num-
Slower
, (Comma)
Down arrow
Cycle through idle Military units
. (Period)
N
Cycle through Idle Economy (idle economy include villagers, trade carts, fishing ships, and trade ships, officials (Chinese civ))
/
[
Cycle through individual Scout units
/\ (up arrow)
ALT+W
Pan camera up – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location
[
Num 6
Rotate camera 45 degrees counter-clockwise
\/ (down arrow)
ALT+S
Pan camera down – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location
]
Num 4
Rotate camera 45 degrees clockwise
‘ (Apostrophe)
]
Cycle through individual Monk units
<
ALT+A
Pan camera left – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location
=
Num+
Faster
>
ALT+D
Pan camera right – Default binding remapped on non-English keyboards to the key at that location
0-9
Num [x1]
Select Control Group X
ALT and move mouse
Caps lock
Rotate camera (hold)
Backspace
Num 0
Reset camera – 1st press resets camera rotation, 2nd press resets zoom
Control + , (Comma)
CTRL + Down arrow
Select all idle Military units
Control + . (Period)
CTRL + Up arrow
Select all idle Villagers
Control + ]
Ctrl + .
View next player
Control + A
Ctrl + K
Select all units on the screen
Control + C
P
Toggle free camera
Control + E then Left Click
Ctrl + P
Notify Ping
Control + F
CTRL + V
Cycle through Villagers gathering Food
Control + F
L
Toggle fog of war
Control + G
CTRL + J
Cycle through Villagers gathering Gold
Control + H
CTRL + L
Focus on Capital Town Center
Control + R then Left Click
Not Assigned
Attack Ping
Control + S
CTRL + K
Cycle through Villagers gathering Stone
Control + Shift + A
Ctrl + Shift + K
[Shift]: Select all units – Appears as shift message on Control-A binding
Control + Shift + C
CTRL + M
Select all Military units
Control + Shift + R
Page up
Return all Villagers to work (from Seek Shelter)
Control + Shift + V
Up arrow
Select all Villagers
Control + T then Left Click
Ctrl + D
Defend Ping
Control + Tab
Left arrow
Cycle through selected units (reverse)
Control + U
U
Toggle cinematic mode
Control + W
CTRL + B
Cycle through Villagers gathering Wood
Control + [
Ctrl + ,
View the previous player
Control and 0-9 [ range above ]
Num X [x1]
Set Control Group X to the selected unit(s)
Delete (hold) with unit selected
CTRL + =
Delete unit or building
Double Left Click a unit
Control and [ Left Click ] a unit
Select all visible units of same type
Enter
/
[Team] Team chat
Enter with chat open
Not Assigned
Send chat message
ESC
Not Assigned
Cancel / deselect unit / game menu / skip NIS. Not user remappable.
ESC
`
Pause game
F1
M
Select all Military Production Buildings
F10
`
Game Menu
F11
Ctrl + T
Toggle game time display
F2
K
Select all Economy Buildings as above
F3
O
Select all Research Buildings as above
F4
P
Select all Landmarks, Wonders, and Capital Town Centers
F5
Not Assigned
Focus on selected unit(s)
F5
J
Focus on Selected Unit(s)
F6
Ctrl + F
Toggle Players & Tribute panel
F8
Ctrl + Q
Quick Save
F9
Ctrl + I
Quick Load
H
L
Cycle through Town Centers
Home
Not Assigned
Follow Selected Unit
Hotkey
Secondary Hotkey
Description
Insert
CTRL + –
Toggle Team-based or Unique player colors
Left Click a unit
Not Assigned
Select unit
Left Click ground
Not Assigned
Confirm building or ability placement
Left Click ground and drag mouse
Not Assigned
Bandbox select groups of units
Page Down
Shift + <
Scroll chat messages (newer)
Page Up
Shift + >
Scroll chat messages (older)
Pause
Not Assigned
Pause Simulation
Right Click ground and drag mouse with a unit(s) selected
Not Assigned
Issue facing move order
Right Click ground or unit with a unit(s) selected
Not Assigned
Issue contextual order to the selected unit(s) (ie. Move, Attack, etc)
Shift + Enter
\
[All] Global chat
Shift and [ left click ] a unit
Not Assigned
Add/Remove unit from selection
Shift and [ left click ] ground
Not Assigned
Queue building or ability placement
Shift and [ unit production hotkey ] or click the button
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