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**Tabbitha** · 1st July 2007, 01:35 PM

Hotbars

Main Hotbar

Resizing and Customizing Hotbars

Hotbars area easy to resize and customize. The picture above is self explanatory and shows how simple it is.

To create a hotbar click on any box in the Hotbar at the bottom of your screen and select . A new Hotbar will appear horizontally with the standard 12 hotkey spots. This hotbar may be moved wherever you like and resized or made vertical as shown in the diagram above. How you arrange your desktop with the new bars is up to you. You may prefer to play with the scrolling Main Hotbar and not create any further, or just use the 1st bar in the main and put your other bars elsewhere to your liking. It is really up to you and personal preference!

To remove any hotbar click on it and select . You will be prompted to confirm that destroying the hotbar is what you wish to do to avoid mistakes.

Placing Icons in Hotbars

Information

Customizing has never been easier, just drag and drop spells, skills, virtues and created macro icons, ethereal mounts, weapons, bandages, rune books, spellbooks, bags of sending, talismans, pet balls, food, and any other item you like into a hotbar for 'one click' access. No more shuffling through your backpack to find those 'orange petals' when a quick poison fix is required, need a potion just click on it!. Icons may be dragged from your paperdoll, spellbooks, menu gumps and your backpack.

Hints

Make sure once you create your hotbar and place items/spells etc, you set the target by 'right clicking' on the item or spell and select 'self' 'cursor' or 'current'. If your BOS won't give you a 'cursor' it is probably trying to send that chest you last clicked on to the bank!

Keep your main backpack as 'clean' as possible so that 'right click' looting doesn't mix your loot up with your normal items. You can put whatever items you carry in a separate container, within your main pack, the icons will still work. (eg: in my main backpack I keep One runebook with 'home' as default for a quick get away which I can target, my spellbooks that aren't equipped on the pdoll, gold, bandages, an 'Item' bag, and a 'Loot' box. The items in the Main backpack and 'Item' bag are loaded into my hotbars for instant use.)

Items you require an updated 'count' on need to be in the main backpack, eg bandages, pots, regs, gold. Spellbooks also need to be in your main backpack or equipped to the paperdoll. If you keep your 'gold' on your hotbar you can see instantly how much you have, and if it is in your main pack you can target it with the BOS to send when you get heavy.

When an item is no longer in your backpack it will 'grey out' to show you it needs to be replaced.

You can place a container in a hotbar to get access to items that you don't need often but still carry. Clicking on it will open it directly and you may 'use' it as any normal container.

Rather than wasting a good key on your keyboard by assigning a macro to it, put the common 'SAY' terms such as 'bank' on a 'Say' macro and drag it to a hotbar, click once and speak!

MissE 22:28, 1 June 2007

1st July 2007, 01:35 PM	#13
Tabbitha Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Europa/Snowbourn Posts: 5,734 Gold: 37,820 Blog Entries: 6 Thanks: 171 Thanked 127 Times in 66 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Re: UO:KR interface guide Hotbars Main Hotbar Resizing and Customizing Hotbars Hotbars area easy to resize and customize. The picture above is self explanatory and shows how simple it is. To create a hotbar click on any box in the Hotbar at the bottom of your screen and select . A new Hotbar will appear horizontally with the standard 12 hotkey spots. This hotbar may be moved wherever you like and resized or made vertical as shown in the diagram above. How you arrange your desktop with the new bars is up to you. You may prefer to play with the scrolling Main Hotbar and not create any further, or just use the 1st bar in the main and put your other bars elsewhere to your liking. It is really up to you and personal preference! To remove any hotbar click on it and select . You will be prompted to confirm that destroying the hotbar is what you wish to do to avoid mistakes. Placing Icons in Hotbars Information Customizing has never been easier, just drag and drop spells, skills, virtues and created macro icons, ethereal mounts, weapons, bandages, rune books, spellbooks, bags of sending, talismans, pet balls, food, and any other item you like into a hotbar for 'one click' access. No more shuffling through your backpack to find those 'orange petals' when a quick poison fix is required, need a potion just click on it!. Icons may be dragged from your paperdoll, spellbooks, menu gumps and your backpack. Hints Make sure once you create your hotbar and place items/spells etc, you set the target by 'right clicking' on the item or spell and select 'self' 'cursor' or 'current'. If your BOS won't give you a 'cursor' it is probably trying to send that chest you last clicked on to the bank! Keep your main backpack as 'clean' as possible so that 'right click' looting doesn't mix your loot up with your normal items. You can put whatever items you carry in a separate container, within your main pack, the icons will still work. (eg: in my main backpack I keep One runebook with 'home' as default for a quick get away which I can target, my spellbooks that aren't equipped on the pdoll, gold, bandages, an 'Item' bag, and a 'Loot' box. The items in the Main backpack and 'Item' bag are loaded into my hotbars for instant use.) Items you require an updated 'count' on need to be in the main backpack, eg bandages, pots, regs, gold. Spellbooks also need to be in your main backpack or equipped to the paperdoll. If you keep your 'gold' on your hotbar you can see instantly how much you have, and if it is in your main pack you can target it with the BOS to send when you get heavy. When an item is no longer in your backpack it will 'grey out' to show you it needs to be replaced. You can place a container in a hotbar to get access to items that you don't need often but still carry. Clicking on it will open it directly and you may 'use' it as any normal container. Rather than wasting a good key on your keyboard by assigning a macro to it, put the common 'SAY' terms such as 'bank' on a 'Say' macro and drag it to a hotbar, click once and speak! MissE 22:28, 1 June 2007