Terran Hot Keys     Zerg Hot Keys
 

Every unit command has a hot key, or keyboard shortcut, that you can use instead of clicking on the icons at the bottom right. Holding the cursor over any unit command button will display the name of the command. One of the letters will appear in Yellow - this is the hot key for that command. Using hot keys for special abilities, attacking, and construction can save valuable time.

Here's a partial list of the Protoss Hot Keys used in Starcraft. Note that some hotkeys are race-specific. Unit names appearing in Red denote Brood War units.

Standard Unit Commands:

M - Move
S - Stop
A - Attack
H - Hold position
P - Patrol
G - Gather (for workers)

Race Specific Commands:

R - Recharge Shields (Shield Battery)

Unit Production Commands:

Nexus

P - Probe

Gateway

Z - Zealot
D - Dragoon
T - High Templar
K - Dark Templar

Robotics Facility

S - Shuttle
V - Reaver
O - Observer

Stargate

S - Scout
O - Corsair
C - Carrier
A - Arbiter

Building Production Commands:

B - Build Basic Building

then....

N - Nexus
P - Pylon
A - Assimilator
G - Gateway
F - Forge
B - Shield Battery
Y - Cybernetics Core
C - Photon Cannon

V - Build Advanced Building

then....

C - Citadel of Adun
S - Stargate
R - Robotics Facility
B - Robotics Support Bay
O - Observatory
T - Templar Archives
A - Arbiter Tribunal
F - Fleet Beacon

Upgrades/Research Commands:

Forge

W - Ground Weapons
A - Ground Armor
S - Plasma Shields

Cybernetics Core

W - Air Weapons
A - Air Armor
S - Singularity Charge

Citadel of Adun

L - Leg Enhancements

Robotics Support Bay

S - Scarab Damage
C - Reaver Capacity
G - Gravitic Drive

Observatory

G - Gravitic Booster
S - Sensor Array

Templar Archives

P - Psionic Storm
H - Hallucination
K - Khaydarin Amulet
M - Mind Control
E - Maelstrom
T - Argus Talisman

Arbiter Tribunal

R - Recall
S - Stasis Field
K - Khaydarin Core

Fleet Beacon

A - Apial Sensors
G - Gravitic Thrusters
C - Carrier Capacity
D - Disruption Web
J - Argus Jewel

Casting/Using Special Abilities:

L - Load (Shuttles)
U - Unload (Shuttles)

I - Build Interceptors (Carriers)

R - Build Scarabs (Reavers)

T - Psionic Storm (High Templar)
L - Hallucination (High Templar)
R - Archon Warp (2 High Templars)

R - Dark Archon Meld (2 Dark Templars)

F - Feedback (Dark Archon)
C - Mind Control (Dark Archon)
E - Maelstrom (Dark Archon)

D - Disruption Web (Corsair)

R - Recall (Arbiter)
T - Stasis Field (Arbiter)

Terran Hot Keys     Zerg Hot Keys