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Topic: Use of Alt Key

Bashiok informs us on how the ALT key will be used in Diablo 3

The way it works now is that when an item drops the name shows for about 5 seconds and then they fade out and disappear. Pressing Alt shows all dropped item names for again about 5 seconds and then the names fade out and disappear.

I actually didn't like it at first, I liked the on/off state of pressing or not pressing Alt, but with the names showing immediately after drop and having a sort of "grace period" after just tapping Alt, it's really grown on me and is a lot more intuitive. It's a lot easier to see what just dropped quickly and decide if you care, and it isn't necessary to constantly hold down Alt while scavenging after a large fight.

I still want to see -nopickup return but I haven't really asked anyone what the possibility of that is. I don't think it would work well with the current system, so options may have to be a possibility.

Source:  Battle.net

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hadouken
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Re: Use of Alt Key

I think this is a good idea to only show it for 5 seconds, because you dont want to have it always on as it will clutter the screen if their are alot of item drops

Nablo
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Re: Use of Alt Key

Yeah that is a good point.

As for the choice of the "alt" key, reasonable.. It's an accessible key, although "shift" might have been better.

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hadouken
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Re: Use of Alt Key

shift is for capitalizing single letters tongue

Zore
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Re: Use of Alt Key

Moreover, I would frikking run past great loot occasionally because I missed it. I think this is a great idea. Maybe a toggle option in the menu would be nice.