Is there a way to hide hotbars when not in combat?

[Ghastly]

On ps4 when not in combat you can't see the crossbars....but on PC you're forced to have them there.

Is there a way to toggle them off?

[Risvertasashi]

Sort of. If you're looking for it to be completely automatic, I don't think there is. But you can make macros to hide (well, toggle really) pretty much any hud element, including hotbars.

For example

/hotbar display 1

putting this in a macro will toggle displaying hotbar 1 on or off. Add the rest of the hotbars you want, and any other hud elements you might not want on all the time.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

You know, my best friend literally just stumbled upon a way to do that. They only appear when he holds L2/R2. I'll ask him or try it myself and get an answer for you later today.

[Avatre]

You know, my best friend literally just stumbled upon a way to do that. They only appear when he holds L2/R2. I'll ask him or try it myself and get an answer for you later today.

I think it's part of the transparency settings. Can't confirm, as I'm currently at work, but it might be that. Or it might just affect when in combat and holding either L2/R2, and the opposite one can be made invisible. My minds aa bit fuzzy on it right now.

[Ghastly]

Sort of. If you're looking for it to be completely automatic, I don't think there is. But you can make macros to hide (well, toggle really) pretty much any hud element, including hotbars.

For example

/hotbar display 1

putting this in a macro will toggle displaying hotbar 1 on or off. Add the rest of the hotbars you want, and any other hud elements you might not want on all the time.

Thank you so much this worked perfectly, such an amazing solution

[TensaiSogetsu]

I think it's part of the transparency settings. Can't confirm, as I'm currently at work, but it might be that. Or it might just affect when in combat and holding either L2/R2, and the opposite one can be made invisible. My minds aa bit fuzzy on it right now.

Nope, they just turned the element invisible. Crosshotbar doesn't have a transparency setting. Also, it doesn't change when in or out of combat and shows the whole crosshotbar regardless of which button is pressed.

[Kinetic-duet]

I've seen a youtube video where the person had the hotbars disappear whenever they sheathed their weapon. Macro'd I'm sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pjQCbyxsIw

[Ghastly]

I've seen a youtube video where the person had the hotbars disappear whenever they sheathed their weapon. Macro'd I'm sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pjQCbyxsIw

That's also a great idea
Anyone know the command to seathe weapon? Is it /seathe ?
Hmm I guess the video says /hotbar display 1 toggle and then the last one is /bm (so it's probably /bm)

[Berethos]

I've seen a youtube video where the person had the hotbars disappear whenever they sheathed their weapon. Macro'd I'm sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pjQCbyxsIw

There's a clickable option in the character configuration menu that allows for that, though I've not used it and I'm not sure which tab it's in.

[dotsforlife]

I use a macro for mine when I'm raiding or doing dungeons, etc. You can tweak it as you like and add stuff or remove as needed. Example below. Useful for when you want to keep only combat related UI shown and hide the rest.

/hud dlist
/hud tbar
/hud gil
/hud igrid
/hud mmenu
/hud ebar
/hotbar display 4
/hotbar display 5
/hotbar display 6
/hotbar display 7
/hotbar display 8