Planet Hotkey
One of the best ways to enhance your abilities in this game is to reassign your hotkeys in the most efficient and confortable way possible! Now the last part is where uniqueness comes into play, without it everyone would play on Grid layout, which by-the-way probably is the most efficient way, but may not be the most confortable one. If you feel that none of the layouts hit the spot, then go ahead and make up your own layout! Before you jump into deep waters, please check out my layout. It might give you ideas on hotkey combinations you never thought of or it may simply raise your eyebrows to a higher than usual state. You decide.
Configuring Hotkeys:
Changing keys aren't difficult at all: Access the hotkey opions by going Menu->Options->Hotkeys. On the right side of the screen click on the + sign beside the option you wish to remap to expand it, then highlight the option you want to change and at the bottom click the rectangular box that displays the current key, press the key you want it to be changed and your done.
My Hotkey Changes:
On the main screen of Hotkeys check the "Allow Toggle Conflicts" box at the upper left corner. This will enable you to add the same key to more than one abilty. Its usefull for unload/load or burrow/unburrow mines etc.
Global Keys:
Change these at Menu->Options->Hotkeys->Global. These keys are universal like camera control, control groups, game menus and so on.
Camera
Create Location 1-5 Shift+F1-F5
Jump to Location 1-5 F1-F5
Control Groups (CG)
Create CG 1-8 CTRL+1-8
Create CG 9 CTRL+Q
Create CG 0 CTRL+` (used to be "Push to Talk" button)
Add to CG 1-8 SHIFT+1-8
Add to CG 9 SHIFT+Q
Add to CG 0 SHIFT+`
Select CG 1-8 1-8
Select CG 9 Q
Select CG 0 `
(Grave Accent)
Menu
Achievement Menu F9
Main Menu F8
Message Log Alt+F2
Help Menu F10
Social Menu Alt+F11
Team Resources Menu Alt+F12
Close Menu Esc
Unit Managament
Idle Worker F7
Ping Minimap Shift+Spacebar
Select Army F6
User Interface (UI)
Quick Save Alt+F9
Push to Talk Alt
Race specific Hotkeys
General Actions changed, that are same for all 3 race:
Stop ; (I mostly never use this)
Hold H (I usually use this instead of Stop command)
Patrol Z
Unload E
Protoss
Hotkeys that are not listed, was not changed!
Units
Probe
Basic Build
Cybernetic Core B
Assimilator R
Sentry
Guardian Shield B
Warp Phrism
Phasing Mode D
Transport Mode D
Structures
Nexus
Mothership Core R
Forge
Ground Weapons A
Ground Armor D
Cybernetic Core
Air Weapons A
Air Armor D
Robotics Facility
Immotrtal V
Warp Prism D
Robotics Bay
Gravitic Drive D
Extended Thermal Lance C
Fleet Beacon
Anion Pulse Crystals X
Gravition Catapult C
Twilight Council
Zealot Charge Z
Zerg
Hotkeys that are not listed, was not changed!
General
Unburrow (but not Uproot) D
Burrow (but not Root) F
Units
Baneling
Explosion(burrowed/unburrowed) E
Enable Structure Attack S
Infestor
Fungal Growth V
Drone
Extractor R
Structures
Hatchery
Queen R
Pneumatized Carapace C
Ventral Sacs V
Lair E
Spawning Pool
Metabolic Boost A
Adrenal Glands S
Evolution Chamber
Melee Attack S
Ranged Attack A
Ground Carapace D
Infestation Pit
Enduring Locusts F
Spire
Flyer Attack A
Flyer Carapace D
Terran
Hotkeys that are not listed, was not changed!
Units
SCV
Basic Build
Bunker F
Ghost
Hold Fire/Weapons Free F
Cloack D
Uncloack D
Hellion/Hellbat
Hellion Mode D
Hellbat Mode D
Widow Mine
Activate F
Deactivate D
Tank
Siege Mode F
Tank Mode D
Thor
High Impact D
Explosive Payload D
Viking
Fighter D
Assault Mode D
Medivas
Afterburners D
Banshee
Cloack D
Uncloack D
Battlecruiser
Yamato Cannon R
Structures
Engineering Bay
Infantry Weapon A
Infantry Armor D
Neosteel Frame F
Ghost Academy
Moebius Reactor E
Factory
Widow Mine F
Armory
Vehicle and Ship Weapon A
Vehicle and Ship Plating D
Tech Lab attached to
-Barracks
Stimpack T
-Factory
Infernal Pre-Igniter H
Drilling Claws F
Transformation Servos B
-Starport
Caduceus Reactor D
Durable Material T
Corvid Reactor R
I hope this key setup will help you to make up your own cool Hotkey-set!
Train! Strain! Innovate!
Good Luck and Have Fun!