Hearthstone Access Keyboard Commands

Global Keys (available everywhere)

• Open game menu: Escape
• Get help for current screen or prompt: F1
• Open social menu: F4
• Toggle Accessibility (allows the game to be controlled with a mouse when off, or with keyboard commands when on): F8
• Force Accessibility off: F14
• Force Accessibility On: F15
• Decrease game speed in games against AI so opponents play slower: F11
• Increase game speed in games against AI so opponents play faster: F12

Menus and Lists

Vertical Menu Navigation

• Read previous option: upArrow
• Read next option: downArrow
• Confirm option: Enter
• Go back: Backspace
• Reread current option: Shift+upArrow
• Read first option: Home
• Read last option: End

Main Menu Shortcut Keys (jumps to and activates the corresponding option)

• Play Ranked: R
• Play Casual: A
• Modes: M
• Battlegrounds: B
• Tavern Brawl: T
• My Collection: C
• Open Packs: O
• Journal: J
• Shop: S

Horizontal lists of items, such as cards or hero choices

• Read next item: RightArrow
• Read previous item: LeftArrow
• Read first item: Home
• Read last item: End
• Read next line of current item: DownArrow
• Read previous line of current item: UpArrow
• Read from current to last line of item: Shift+DownArrow
• Repeat current line of item: Shift+UpArrow

Playing the Game

Note: the commands for navigating horizontal lists of items work during gameplay.

• Read next valid play: Tab
• Read previous valid play: Shift+Tab
• Jump to the first through tenth item in a list: 1-0 on the number row
• Play card, attack with your minion, or select target: Enter
• Cancel current action: Backspace
• End turn: e
• End turn without asking for confirmation if more valid plays exist: Shift+e
• See how much mana you have, and corpses if relevant: a
• See how much mana your opponent has, and corpses if relevant: Shift+a
• Look at your hand: c
• Count the cards in your opponent's hand: Shift+c
• Look at your minions: b
• Look at your opponent's minions: g
• Look at your Hero: v
• Look at your opponent's Hero: f
• Send all your minions to attack your opponent's Hero: Shift+f (may need to do this more than once if all minions do not attack)
• Make your currently selected minion attack the opponent's hero: Ctrl+F
• Look at your Hero Power: r
• Look at your opponent's Hero Power: Shift+r
• Look at your weapon: w
• Look at your opponent's weapon: Shift+w
• Look at your secrets: s
• Look at your opponent's secrets: Shift+s
• Read any anomalies affecting the current game: o
• Count the cards in your deck: d
• Count the cards in your opponent's deck: Shift+d
• Get more information about a focused card's Keywords, such as Battlecry or Taunt: i
• Read base attack, health and any enchantments affecting a focused minion: k
• Trade or forge a card if possible: t
• Open the play history log: y
• Access in-game emotes when selecting your Hero, or squelch your opponent's hero: Space
• Jump to related card lines when reading a card that has a related card such as questlines or colossal cards: pageDown
• Jump to original card lines when reading a card that has a related card such as questlines or colossal cards: pageUp

Collection Manager

The collection managers in both the Main Menu and Battlegrounds menu open to a vertical menu where you can choose to browse your collection, and in the case of the main collection, manage your decks and craft cards. While browsing various types of collection items such as cards or hero skins, use the horizontal list commands to read each item. The following commands are also available while browsing items:

• Scroll to next page: pageDown
• Scroll to previous page: pageUp
• Jump to next class if applicable: Tab
• Jump to previous class if applicable: Shift+Tab
• Read first card in page: Home
• Read last card in page: End
• Search for an item: Ctrl+f to open a field to type text, then enter to search
• Select item for more options: Enter
• Filter cards by mana cost: 0-7 on the number row

Commands during deck editing

• Jump to crafting screen for a missing card: Shift + Enter
• Jump to add cards screen: C
• Jump to list of current cards in deck: d
• Manage sideboard for E.T.C., Band Manager: Space when focused on it in the list of current cards in the deck

Battlegrounds

Horizontal list commands are used to read cards and other items in Battlegrounds.

• Read minions for sale: g
• Read hand: c
• Read gold: a
• Get information on card keywords: I
• List enchantments on current card: K
• Read tavern tier and Bartender: t
• Upgrade tavern (reads cost and requires confirmation): u (press again to confirm)
• Upgrade tavern (without confirmation): Shift+u
• Freeze/unfreeze tavern (asks for confirmation): f
• Freeze/unfreeze tavern (without confirmation): Shift+f
• Refresh tavern (reads cost if any and requires confirmation): r
• Refresh tavern (without confirmation): Shift+r
• Read Hero Power: p
• Read opponent's hero power during combat phase: Shift+P
• Read buddy meter and Hero Buddy card: d enter to purchase)
• Buy/sell minion (requires confirmation): Enter
• Select minion to reorder: Space
• Reorder selected minion: leftArrow, rightArrow, home, end, number keys
• Read my stats on leaderboard (backspace to stop reading leaderboard): m
• Quickly read my stats on leaderboard without losing focus: Shift+m
• Read next opponent's stats on leaderboard (backspace to stop reading leaderboard): n
• Quickly read next opponent's stats on leaderboard without losing focus: Shift+n
• Read leaderboard from top (backspace to stop reading): l
• Read minion families/races in current game, and anomalies if present (works during Hero selection as well): o
• Read number of seconds left during Recruit Phase: e
• Read secrets or quests: s
• Read opponent's secrets or quests during combat phase: Shift+S
• Read quest reward if applicable: W (enter to activate)
• Read opponent's quest reward during combat phase if applicable: Shift+W
• Read your trinkets if applicable: Q
• Read opponent's trinkets if applicable: Shift+Q