Controls for GTA IV

This article lists the default controls used for Grand Theft Auto IV on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Default Controls
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Control !! PC !! 360 !! PS3 !! Notes !colspan=5 |

General
! Take phone out !! Up !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Up !! !Phone number keys !Up (after taking phone out) ! colspan="2" |D-Pad Up (after taking phone out) ! ! Phone Accept !! Enter / NumPad Enter !! colspan="2" | Enter Key On Phone !! ! Phone Cancel !! Backspace !! colspan="2" | Backspace Key on Phone !! ! Phone Up !! Up !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Up !! ! Phone Down !! Down !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Down !! ! Phone Left !! Left !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Left !! ! Phone Right !! Right !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Radar Zoom !! T !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Down !! ! Look Behind !! C !! RS (Held) !!R3 ! ! Change Camera !! V !! Back !!Select ! ! Definition Toggle !! P !! colspan="2" | N/A !! ! Text Chat Team !! U !! colspan="2" | N/A !! ! Text Chat All !! Y !! colspan="2" | N/A !! !colspan=5 |

On Foot
! Action !! E !! LB !!L1 ! ! Move Left !! A !! colspan="2" | LS Left !! ! Move Right !! D !! colspan="2" | LS Right !! ! Move Forward !! W !! colspan="2" | LS Up !! ! Move Backwards !! S !! colspan="2" | LS Down !! ! Sprint !! Left Shift !! A !!X ! ! Jump !! Space !! X !!Square ! ! Crouch !! Left Ctrl !! LS (Pressed) !L3!! ! Attack !! Left mouse button (LMB) !! B !!Circle ! ! Fire Aim/Melee Lock On !! Right mouse button (RMB) !! LT !!L2 ! ! Next Weapon !! Wheel Up !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Previous Weapon !! Wheel Dn !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Left !! ! Sniper Zoom In !! Wheel Up !! colspan="2" | RS Up !! ! Sniper Zoom Out !! Wheel Dn !! colspan="2" | RS Down !! ! Enter/Exit Vehicle !! F !! Y !!Triangle ! ! Enter/Exit Cover !! Q !! RB !!R1 ! ! Reload !! R !! B (When Holding Weapon) !!Circle (When Holding Weapon) ! ! Detonate !! Down !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Left !! !colspan=5 |

In Vehicle
! Steer Left !! A !! colspan="2" | LS Left !! ! Steer Right !! D !! colspan="2" | LS Right !! ! Lean Forward !! Left Shift !! colspan="2" | LS Up !! ! Lean Back !! Left Ctrl !! colspan="2" | LS Down !! ! Accelerate !! W !! RT !!R2 ! ! Brake !! S !! LT !!L2 ! ! Handbrake !! Space !! RB !!R1 ! ! Shoot !! Left mouse button (LMB) !! LB !!L1 ! ! Next Weapon !! Q !! X !!Square ! ! Previous Weapon !! Z !! colspan="2" | N/A !! ! Drop Weapon (GTA Race only) !! R !! B !!Circle ! ! Horn !! G !! LS (Held) !L3 (Held)!! ! Headlight !! H !! X (Held) !!Square (Held) ! ! Look Behind !! C !! RS (Held) !!R3 (Held) ! ! Cinematic Camera !! Cap Lock !! Back !!Select ! ! Hotwire 1 !! W !! LT & RT (Tapped) !! !! ! Hotwire 2 !! S !! colspan="2" | N/A !! ! Next Radio Station !! Wheel Up !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Left !! ! Previous Radio Station !! Wheel Dn !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Turn Off Radio !! X !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Left or D-Pad Right Held !! ! Previous Song !! B !! colspan="2" | N/A !! ! Next Song !! N !! colspan="2" | N/A !! !colspan=5 |

Helicopter
! Shoot !! Left mouse button (LMB) !! A !! !! ! Shoot Secondary !! Left Shift !! X !! !! ! Throttle Up !! W !! RT !! !! ! Throttle Down !! S !! LT !! !! ! Pitch Forward !! NumPad 8 !! LS Up !! !! ! Pitch Back !! NumPad 2 !! LS Down !! !! ! Bank Left !! A !! LS Left !! !! ! Bank Right !! D !! LS Right !! !! ! Rotate Left !! NumPad 4 !! LB !! !! ! Rotate Right !! NumPad 6 !! RB !! !! !colspan=5 |

Combat
! Punch 1 !! Left mouse button (LMB) !! B !! !! ! Punch 2 !! R !! Y !! !! ! Kick (while locked on) !! Q !! X !! !! ! Block (while locked on) !! Space !! A !! !! !colspan=5 |

Weapons
! Unarmed !! 1 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Melee !! 2 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Handgun !! 3 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Shotgun !! 4 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Submachine Gun !! 5 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Automatic Rifle !! 6 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Sniper Rifle !! 7 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Heavy Weapon !! 8 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Grenade/Molotov !! 9 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !! ! Special !! 0 !! colspan="2" | D-Pad Right !!
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