auto attack in DDO

[tadloth]

Tried searching the forums, but apart from a few references to auto-attack I could not find how it works in DDO.

I play LoTRO quite a bit, and in that game auto-attack means that once a target is selected and auto-attack turned on, son long as I remain in range of the mob and don't use skills with an induction timer, a basic weapon attack occurs automatically every couple of seconds or so, without me having to do anything else.

In DDO, I saw an option somewhere in the UI settings that says something along the lines that a double click will activate auto attack. Maybe I am missing something, but so far I have not been able to force my toon to keep swinging at a target (what I would understand as auto-attack in LoTRO) regardless of how many times I tried clicking the mob (or its image in the targetting window).

Is there auto-attack in DDO, and if there is one, how exactly does it work and how do I activate it?

Thanks for any help and for the patience with a noob.

[Srozbun]

By your HP and SP bar there is a little button with a sword on it. Click this button to toggle Autoattack on and off.

[Visty]

it works as you described

to activate it either drag and drop the attack feat into a hotbar and activate it or target a mob and click the sword symbol next to your hp bar

[k1ngp1n]

On the bar that has your health/sp/ki meter, there is a small swordish button to the left. Click that to turn on auto-attack. You will automatically attack any targeted mob within range.