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[[File:Item quality - different glow colors.png|thumb|420px|Items glow color-coded on the ground.]]
Locating items once they're dropped is easier in Diablo III. Items show a hover tag when they first fall, and while that goes away after a few seconds, it can be brought back by using the Alt key to show the hover tag for every item within visual range. Players can change those default settings, as well as make other modifications to the display and function. Bashiok explained some of these controls in a forum post in July 2011.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-diablo-on3s-thecontrols-monksand-role/P10/options]
You can also forgo showing item names automatically when they drop and choose to just use Alt to show item names while it’s held down. (classic functionality)
You can also choose to always show item names, and hold Alt to hide them. (I’m not sure how useful this is, but it’s there)
There’s also an option to make Alt toggle showing item names on/off. (my personal favorite)
We’re also looking to bring back the /nopickup option from Diablo II, but it’s currently a nice-to-have feature and so may not make initial release.
Additionally you can rebind any and all keys in the game, so you can easily make something like the Tab (for example) key show item names instead of Alt, if you prefer.</blue>
There will not be an auto-pickup option, or any way to block the display of "junk" items, as the developers feel that pausing to view the gear on the ground, and clicking to pick up the good stuff, is part of the gameplay and skill, and they do not want to automate everything. Nor will they be allowing player-made [[mods]] to do this.
Besides the hover tag names on items, the actual items themselves have a glow of the appropriate color, making them more visible, especially in darker dungeons. Rare items glow yellow, magical glow blue, and so on, as seen in the screenshot collage to the right.
==Item Buying and Selling==
