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Rodrigo Takehara edited this page Dec 5, 2020 · 13 revisions

Suggested Layout

You can customize MapTool interface any way you prefer, as a starting point, you can use as suggested below.

Menus

Mini Menu

Icon Macro Hotkey Description
Mini Menu Toggles the Mini Menu on and off
Compendium F12 Opens the framework Compendium
Notebooks Opens the Notebooks Menu
Player Menu F9 (Player) Opens the Player Menu
GM Menu F9 (GM) Opens the GM Menu
Manage Party F8 (GM) Opens the Manage Party Window
Roll Dice Opens a custom dice roll input window
Initiative Opens the Initiative Overlay
Select Map F10 Opens the alternative Select Map menu
Help Opens the 5e Framework Wiki

Campaign Window

Icon Macro Hotkey Description
Menu F9 Opens the Player Menu if you are a player or the GM Menu if you are a GM
Select Map F10 Opens the alternative Select Map Menu
Search F11 Opens the Search Window
Compendium F12 Opens the framework Compendium
Notebooks Opens the Notebooks Menu
Share Image Shift+F1 Shares Selected Token Image, Portrait or Handout
Load Overlays Refreshes the Mini Menu, Selected Token and Initiative overlays
Get Distance Opens a window with distance between two selected tokens
Conditions F7 Opens the conditions menu

GM Menu

Icon Option Hotkey Description
Party F8 Opens the Manage Party Window
Player Menu Opens the Player Menu
Settings Opens the Settings Window
Set NPC Set Selected Token as NPC
Distance Opens a window with distance between two selected tokens
Set Pin Set Selected Token as Pin
Compendium F12 Opens the framework Compendium
Notebooks Opens the Notebooks Menu
Select Map F10 Opens the alternative Select Map Menu

Player Menu

Icon Option Hotkey Description
New PC Set Selected Token as PC
1st Level Opens the Character Creation Wizard
Level Up Opens the Level Up Wizard
Roll Dice Opens a custom dice roll input window
Distance Opens a window with distance between two selected tokens
Link Rules Posts a link to the rules on the chat
Compendium F12 Opens the framework Compendium
Notebooks Opens the Notebooks Menu
Select Map F10 Opens the alternative Select Map Menu

Shortcuts

General Shortcuts

Hotkey User Description
Shift+F1 GM Share token image
F2 GM Hide/Show selected tokens
F2 Player Interact with object
F3 GM Expose Fog of War
F3 Player Make a Dice Roll
F4 GM Center Players on Current View
F4 Player Opens the Statblock Frame
F5 GM Next Turn
F6 GM Request rolls from selected tokens
F7 Player and GM Opens the conditions menu
F8 GM Open Manage Party window
F9 Player and GM Open the Player or GM menu
F10 Player and GM Open the select map menu
F11 Player and GM Open the Search bar
F12 Player and GM Open the Compendium
Ctrl+F12 Player and GM Close the Compendium