Left Mouse Turn

Turn your World of Warcraft character by holding the left mouse button over the game world, just as you normally would with the right mouse button.

Left Mouse Turn uses WoW's native Turn and Action command. It does not start Lua mouselook, poll the keyboard, or permanently modify your saved mouse bindings. Normal clicks on interface elements continue to work normally.

Features

• Turn your character and camera by holding the left mouse button over the game world.
• Uses WoW's native input and protected binding systems.
• Keeps normal clicks on interface elements intact.
• Toggle the addon with a configurable keybinding.
• Choose ground-targeted abilities from your character's spellbook.
• Drag abilities from the spellbook or a standard action bar into the settings panel.
• Cast selected ground abilities immediately at the cursor through secure @cursor actions.
• Automatically detect supported Extra Action and zone/story abilities.
• Use the normal Extra Action keyboard binding automatically.
• Assign one reusable hotkey for the current zone or story ability—no manual spell IDs or repeated action-bar setup required.
• View selected and currently detected abilities as icons in the settings panel.
• Character-specific ability selections.
• AddOn Compartment support, slash commands, and a custom icon.
• No external libraries or dependencies.

Keybindings

Open:

Settings → Keybindings → Left Mouse Turn

Two actions are available:

• Toggle Left Mouse Turn — enables or disables left-mouse turning.
• Cast Current Temporary Ability at Cursor — casts the currently detected zone/story spell at the cursor.

The temporary-ability hotkey only needs to be assigned once. The addon updates its secure action automatically when the active quest or zone ability changes.

Ground-targeted abilities

Open the addon settings and click Choose abilities… to browse the current character's active spellbook. The picker includes names, icons, tooltips, search, and checkboxes. You can also drag an ability from the spellbook or a standard Blizzard action bar onto Drop an ability here.

When a selected spell is placed directly on a supported standard action bar, pressing that action button's keyboard binding executes a secure /cast [@cursor] action. The spell is placed immediately at the mouse cursor without showing the targeting reticle.

Selections are stored separately for each character. Selected abilities appear as removable icons on the main settings page.

Temporary and story abilities

Enable Cast detected temporary abilities at the cursor in the settings panel. Supported active abilities are detected automatically and shown with their icons.

• Extra Action: the normal Extra Action Button 1 keyboard binding is reused automatically.
• Zone/story ability: use the reusable Cast Current Temporary Ability at Cursor hotkey.
• Action-bar option: if an active zone spell is already on a supported standard action bar, that bar's keyboard binding is handled automatically.
• No manual IDs: the detected secure action is updated when quests, zones, vehicles, or active abilities change.

If several temporary abilities are active, the reusable hotkey casts the first ability according to WoW's display priority. Their individual action-bar keyboard bindings can still be used when they are placed on supported bars.

Important limitations

These limitations come from WoW's protected input system and the addon's deliberate focus on safe keyboard bindings:

• Protected bindings cannot be created, changed, or removed during combat. Changes detected in combat are queued and applied when combat ends.
• Automatic temporary-ability handling works only when WoW exposes the action as a spell. Quest items, toys, macros, and unsupported action types retain their normal behavior.
• @cursor casts immediately and skips the targeting reticle. It is not suitable when you want to fine-tune ground placement before confirming.
• Physical clicks on action-bar icons are not replaced.
• Mouse-button bindings assigned to abilities are not overridden; only keyboard bindings are handled.
• Configured ground spells must be placed directly on supported standard Blizzard action bars. Spells inside user macros are not inspected or rewritten.
• The reusable temporary hotkey handles the highest-priority detected spell when several are active.
• An unconfigured ground-targeted spell still uses WoW's normal targeting flow. Toggle Left Mouse Turn off when you need the default left-click world action to confirm it.
• Detection depends on WoW's Extra Action and Zone Ability systems. A custom quest interface that does not expose a spell through either system cannot be handled automatically.

Settings

Open:

Settings → AddOns → Left Mouse Turn

You can also type /lmt or left-click the addon's AddOn Compartment icon.

Slash commands

• /lmt or /lmt settings — open the settings panel.
• /lmt on — enable left-mouse turning.
• /lmt off — disable left-mouse turning.
• /lmt toggle — toggle the addon.
• /lmt status — show the current status.
• /lmt diagnose — show binding and temporary-ability diagnostics.
• /lmt recover — clear the addon's temporary bindings and disable it.

Compatibility

Supports Retail, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Titan Reforged, Burning Crusade Anniversary, and Classic Era.