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While Dwarf Fortress is primarily keyboard-controlled, there are certain areas in the game that have '''mouse controls'''.  These are, however, rather rare, and therefore easy to document.
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While ''Dwarf Fortress'' is primarily keyboard-controlled, there are certain areas in the game that have '''mouse control'''.  These are, however, rather rare, and therefore easy to document.
  
 
== General controls ==
 
== General controls ==
  
In most instances of mouse controls, the controls are as follows:
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In most instances of mouse control, the controls are as follows:
 
* Left-click to select an option. This includes list items, tabs, map tiles and various controls.
 
* Left-click to select an option. This includes list items, tabs, map tiles and various controls.
 
* Right-click to scroll a list downward (in some cases to cycle tabs) or to move the cursor.
 
* Right-click to scroll a list downward (in some cases to cycle tabs) or to move the cursor.
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== Mouse control support ==
 
== Mouse control support ==
  
Menus that support mouse controls are:
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Menus that support mouse control are:
 
* [[Advanced world generation]]
 
* [[Advanced world generation]]
 
* Creature creation screen in the [[object testing arena]]
 
* Creature creation screen in the [[object testing arena]]
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The only area which currently requires mouse control is the [[world painter]] screen.
 
The only area which currently requires mouse control is the [[world painter]] screen.
  
Note: All information on this page is true as of vanilla 0.40.19. All earlier versions may have to be verified independently. Mods such as DFHack may provide you with full mouse-clicky goodness.
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Note: All information on this page is true as of vanilla 0.40.19 - all earlier versions may have to be verified independently. Mods such as DFHack may provide you with full mouse-clicky goodness.
 
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Revision as of 21:29, 30 September 2020

This article is about the current version of DF.
Note that some content may still need to be updated.

While Dwarf Fortress is primarily keyboard-controlled, there are certain areas in the game that have mouse control. These are, however, rather rare, and therefore easy to document.

General controls

In most instances of mouse control, the controls are as follows:

  • Left-click to select an option. This includes list items, tabs, map tiles and various controls.
  • Right-click to scroll a list downward (in some cases to cycle tabs) or to move the cursor.
  • Right-click on map border to move view.

Double-left click currently only selects all items in a tab on the "Move Goods to Depot"-screen.

Mouse control support

Menus that support mouse control are:

       * You can also use the mouse to do designations, for example, clicking a tile to have it mined.

Mouse control requirement

The only area which currently requires mouse control is the world painter screen.

Note: All information on this page is true as of vanilla 0.40.19 - all earlier versions may have to be verified independently. Mods such as DFHack may provide you with full mouse-clicky goodness.