Black is right, white is left. there's still a lot of flexibility here, but this is more or less what works for me

Pot goes on Bar 3 Down D-Pad Raise uses Macro

Keybinds for those interested.

I use an mmo mouse so 1-6 on all bars are pressed on the mouse, uisng shift and ctrl for bar 2 and 3. The latter 6 on all bars are pressed uisng the keyboard and shift/ctrl.

Thought Process

• melee and spells separated
• Tried to place ogcds near their rotation/burst gcds (e.g. embolden near melee combo, pot near spells for opener, etc)
• Fleche and C6 duplicated to make drifting harder
• spell relevant actions near spells (e.g. lucid, instants)
• macro icon is placeholder for pots
• Expanded XHB on HB 2 shared with WXHB to see cooldowns, use whichever you feel comfortable using. I just think double tapping is annoying :)

Might change this

Updated for Dawntrail

Buttons consistent for similar job actions (Dye = Potion)

Just copied Nanaki's

this layout works for levelling from RDM unlock through Dawntrail. main crossbar is your single target spells & burst rotation, and the 2nd has your AOE spells

These are my RDM hotbars, very much a WIP, Hopefully you enjoy :)

Almost Entirely Based on boatium's Personal MMO Mouse RDM: https://www.xivbars.com/job/RDM/5141

MMO mouse setup with modifiers.

Single Target (L)

Mobs (R)

First attempt to make panels for MMO mouse with 2 3x4 hotbars and 1 6x2 for utility