Controls

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Movement

You can use WASD to move your character around.
Holding Shift while moving will cause the player to run.
Holding CTRL or Right Mouse Button while moving causes the player to sneak, making the player slower, quieter and hence more difficult to detect (see also combat stance below).
You can also zoom in and out by using the Mouse Scroll Wheel
You can also right click on the ground and click the menu option that says "Move There" but is a rather awkward form of control.

Holding CTRL or Right Mouse Button will put the player into a combat/sneak stance with whatever weapon is equipped in the main hand. Pressing the Left Mouse Button will then use the weapon.**Note** This is also how you 'attack' doors to break them down.
To aim at a specific area hover your mouse over the area desired and click the Left Mouse Button to attack the direction where your crosshair is pointed.
The longer you hold Right Mouse Button down, the more accurate and powerful you will be.
While holding down CTRL or Right Mouse Button you can press Space which will make the player pushing with his hand or kick a lied down zombie instead of attacking with the currently equipped weapon.
1 is the shortcut for equipping a Blunt Weapon.
2 is the shortcut for equipping a Firearm.
3 is the shortcut for equipping a Blade Weapon.

Items can be eaten or consumed by Right-Clicking and selecting Eat or by Left-Clicking and Dragging on the Heart icon below your inventory box.
The Right Mouse Button clears the item you are currently carrying with your cursor.
Pressing Tab will open up your inventory.
The Mouse Scroll Wheel will cycle through your inventory.
Double clicking the Left Mouse Button on an item in a container will add it to your inventory.
Highlighting an item and clicking the Left Mouse Button on the category of the item will transfer the selected item in the opposing container.

Pressing Q will cause a shout from the player, drawing zombies near.
While pressing CTRL / Right Mouse Button, the Mouse cursor will allow you to face different directions
The Left Mouse Button is a context specific button and will vary depending on what it interacts with, such as picking up items, opening and closing of doors, windows curtains and lights switch.
Pressing F2 will pause the game.
Pressing M will mute the the Music.
You can remove Wooden Planks off a door or window if you have a Hammer in your inventory by right-clicking on the window/door.
To destroy walls, door frames and other props if you have a Sledgehammer in your inventory, then use Right Mouse Button and select Destroy
Pressing "E" will activate a general action if available (ex. Opening a door, window...)
Holding "E" will activate the "follow up" to the general action (ex. Going through a window after opening)
Rapidly pressing "E" will make an "urgent action" and will make your character take drastic measures (ex. Smashing a window with his/her arm)
When constructing walls, fences and similar objects, press R to rotate the object before placing it.
Pressing F12 will take a screenshot and store it in \Users\USERNAME\Zomboid\Screenshots folder.
To gather logs after cutting down a tree, head over to the logs and open up the inventory box. Click the ground icon and you should be able to pick up the logs.

The blue digits in the upper-right is the current Time, Day and Month of your game. Time is displayed in 24-hour format.
Clicking the PAUSE symbol will pause the game.(Keyboard shortcut is F2)
Clicking the PLAY symbol with resume the game. (Keyboard shortcut is F3)
Clicking the Fast-Forward arrows or the Clock icon will Fast-Forward time at different speeds (Keyboard shortcuts are F4;F5;F6).

1 display your primary equipped item.
2 display your secondary equipped item.
3 will hide or show your inventory when you will left-click on it.
4 will hide or show your health/skill panel, where you can find your survival time etc...
5 will hide or show the crafting panel, where you can see the recipes known by your character.
6 will enable the furniture moving, which will allow you to pick-up/place or rotate the furniture if you have the tools and skills required.

To use a controller you have to install it properly in your operating systen, then configure the controls in the options menu. Template:Fact