Terran Hot Keys    Protoss 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 Zerg 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:

S - Select Larva
U - Burrow

Unit Mutation Commands:

D - Drone
Z - Zergling
H - Hydralisk
L - Lurker (Hydralisk)
F - Defiler
U - Ultralisk
O - Overlord
M - Mutalisk
G - Guardian (Mutalisk)
D - Devourer (Mutalisk)
S - Scourge
Q - Queen

Building Mutation Commands:

B - Evolve Basic Building

then....

E - Extractor
H - Hatchery
C - Creep Colony
S - Spawning Pool
V - Evolution Chamber
D - Hydralisk Den

V - Evolve Advanced Building

then....

Q - Queen's Nest
S - Spire
D - Defiler Mound
N - Nydus Canal
U - Ultralisk Cavern

Building Upgrades

S - Mutate to Spore Colony (Creep Colony)
U - Mutate to Sunken Colony (Creep Colony)
L - Upgrade to Lair (Hatchery)
H - Upgrade to Hive (Lair)
G - Upgrade to Greater Spire (Spire)

Upgrade/Research Commands:

Hatchery / Lair / Hive

B - Burrow
V - Ventral Sacs
A - Antennae
P - Pneumatized Carapace

Spawning Pool

M - Metabolic Boost
A - Adrenal Glands

Evolution Chamber

M - Melee Attack
A - Missile Attack
C - Carapace

Hydralisk Den

M - Muscular Augments
G - Grooved Spines
L - Lurker Aspect

Queen's Nest

B - Spawn Broodling
E - Ensnare
G - Gamete Meiosis

Spire

A - Flyer Attack
C - Flyer Carapace

Defiler Mound

G - Plague
C - Consume
M - Metasynaptic Node

Ultralisk Cavern

A - Anabolic Synthesis
C - Chitinous Plating

Greater Spire

G - Guardian Aspect
D - Devourer Aspect

Casting Special Abilities:

Queen

R - Parasite
B - Spawn Broodling
E - Ensnare
I - Infest Command Center

Defiler

W - Dark Swarm
G - Plague
C - Consume

Terran Hot Keys     Protoss Hot Keys