Controls (Skyrim)

The Controls in allow the player to operate their in-game character, and can be altered in the settings menu. There are three different movement speeds in the game, which listed from slowest to fastest are as follows: walking, running/jogging, and sprinting (the only one to drain stamina). Players can also sneak in a relatively slow movement state. Various other controls allow the player to interact with the game world in more complex ways.
The term "toggle" means to set as the default behavior between two or more options. For example, the player can run normally, or they can sneak; pressing Ctrl on PC "toggles" this behavior. If the player's controls are set to have them run by default, then toggling this control sets sneaking as their default movement behavior. If it is pressed again, then running is set as the default movement behavior.
==Default controls==
The following shows the default controls for each platform.
Menu 	Xbox 360 	Xbox One 	PS3 	PS4 	Switch 	PC
Left hand 	 	 	 	 	ZL 	M2 (right)
Right hand 	 	 	 	 	ZR 	M1 (left)
Sprint 	 	 	 	 	L 	Alt
Shout/Power 	 	 	 	 	R 	Z
Move 	 	 	 	 	 	W A S D
Look/Adjust Camera Angle 	 	 	 	 	 	Mouse
Sneak (toggle) 	(Press) 	(Press) 	(Press) 	(Press) 	(Press) 	Ctrl
Toggle Third/First Person	(Press)
(while in Third Person or while mounted on a horse, press and hold and move up or down to adjust the camera zoom.)	(Press)
(while in Third Person or while mounted on a horse, press and hold and move up or down to adjust the camera zoom.)	(Press)
(while in Third Person or while mounted on a horse, press and hold and move up or down to adjust the camera zoom.)	(Press)
(while in Third Person or while mounted on a horse, press and hold and move up or down to adjust the camera zoom.)	(Press)
(while in Third Person or while mounted on a horse, press and hold and move up or down to adjust the camera zoom.)	F
Toggle Walk/Run 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Caps Lock
Run (while walking is toggled)
Walk (while running is toggled)	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Left shift
Wait 	 	View 	 	Touch Pad 	 	
T 	 	 	 	 	 	
Journal 	 	Menu 	 	Options 	J 	
Activate 	 	 	 	 	A 	E
Character Menu 	 	 	 	 	B 	Tab
Ready 	 	 	 	 	Y 	R
Jump/Rear 	 	 	 	 	X 	Space
Move Object 	(Held) 	(Held) 	(Held) 	(Held) 	A (Held) 	E (Held)
Favorites 	D-Pad U/D 	D-Pad U/D 	D-Pad U/D 	D-Pad U/D 	D-Pad U/D 	Q
Quick Keys 	D-Pad L/R (Under Favorites Menu, Hold to assign)	D-Pad L/R (Under Favorites Menu, Hold to assign)	D-Pad L/R (Under Favorites Menu, Hold to assign)	D-Pad L/R (Under Favorites Menu, Hold to assign)	D-Pad L/R (Under Favorites Menu, Hold to assign)	1–8 Keys
==Visual chart==
==Quick Keys and dual wielding==
Xbox - To assign a Quick Key on the Xbox 360;
#Add the spell or weapon to the favorites menu,
#Open the favorites menu (Using D-Pad U/D)
#Highlight the item to be used on a quick key
#Hold the D-Pad Left or D-Pad Right button until a number appears next to the item selected (1 and 2 for the respective buttons)
===Spells===
Press the quick key a second time to dual-wield spells - spells will default to the left hand while weapons default to the right hand.
===Melee weapons===
Melee Weapons can't be dual-wielded using quick keys. Unless it's a stackable weapon, pressing the quick key a second time will only replace the previous weapon.
Some enchanted weapons are stackable at first but if the charge levels become different they cease to be stackable and the quick keys can no longer be used for dual-wielding.
===Bows===
Bows are sheathed, unsheathed, equipped, and unequipped as other weapons - by pressing the sheath/unsheathe button (default, R, on PCs). To remove an arrow from a loaded bow without shooting it, press the sheath/unsheathe weapon button. Hold down the right hand button to ready an arrow; how far the arrow will go is determined by how far back the string is drawn, which itself is determined by how long the right hand button is held (up to some maximum which appears to be a few seconds holding - this may be dependent on Marksman level). The arrow will be shot in a trajectory similar to that of a thrown baseball. The arrow goes upwards a little bit for some distance, and then comes back down. The trajectory of the arrow depends on the weight of the bow.
For Xbox360 players that have Kinect, here is a link to the Kinect Voice Commands. Kinect 
==Third person camera control==
* The camera zoom can be controlled by holding down the right analog stick and moving the left analog stick up or down.
* The zoom is controlled by the scroll wheel.
==Trivia==
* The PC version allows for screenshots of the game. This is done via the Print Screen key, which is usually found on the top right hand section of the keyboard. The files are labeled Screenshot#.bmp, and written in a deeply buried subdirectory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\skyrim, for example. Using a find tool for Screenshot*.* can help locate the files. Any simple graphics program, such as Paint, can then be used to edit and save as PNG files for common usage - as, for instance, writing and editing in this wiki. PS3 players can press the PS button to bring up the XMB, then navigate to the "Photos" bar and then select the "Save Screenshot" option to take screenshots. The game pauses during this. Xbox 360 players can't take screenshots without a capture card.
* An easier method is to use the Ctrl + Print Screen command to create a screenshot on the clipboard which can then be pasted into any program using the Ctrl + V (paste) command.
* The PC version has built in Xbox 360 controller support, allowing for those with the Xbox 360 Common Controller to seamlessly transition between mouse and keyboard and a controller.
*The default bindings for the L1/R1 buttons on the PS3 version are assigned to the L2/R2 triggers and vice versa
* When pointing at a follower, and holding down the "activate" key, it is possible to go into "command" mode without going through the dialogue screen. This also works from a distance as well as with some followers that lack the "I need you to do something" dialogue option, such as Serana.
==Bugs==
* Remapping the sheath/unsheathe action to the middle mouse button will disallow certain actions such as dropping items and crafting. The action only seems to work when it is mapped to a key, making it necessary to constantly change the control temporarily to drop items or craft.
* When using a controller, remapping gameplay controls also remaps UI controls; however, the UI does not change to reflect this. For example, if you remap the Character Menu to Left Stick, then you will need to use Left Stick (not B) to back out of menus.
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