Advanced Tips & Tricks - online-go/online-go.com GitHub Wiki
This is a list of those little tricks that can help you navigate OGS a little more effectively.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Anywhere on OGS
Numpad 0 or back-tick (or § on some keyboards) – Focus search bar (except for in chat where it just types 0 or ` or § respectively).
SHIFT+backtick or ALT+backtick – Open/close notification menu (except for in chat where it just types eg ~ etc above backtick)
ESC – close hamburger/search menu, notification menu and friends list if open.
On Game Screen
LEFT AND RIGHT ARROW KEY – Switch to analyze mode (if enabled) and/or scroll through moves (again, can't work if chat window is selected).
HOME AND END KEY – (fn+left/right arrow on mac) Jump to start or end of game (again, can't work if chat window is selected).
PAGE UP/DOWN – (fn+up/down arrow on mac) Jump back/forward 10 moves (again, can't work if chat window is selected).
SPACE – Start/stop automatically re-playing moves from the current position onward (speed can be changed in settings, disabled when in chat).
ESC – Returns to the current game position, closing analyze mode or estimate score.
SHIFT + LEFT MOUSE BUTTON on any stone or intersection (in analyze mode only or review) – jumps to a move number in which that coordinate was played
CTRL+CLICK on stone or intersection (ALT+CLICK or CMD+CLICK on mac) – pastes co-ordinates of clicked stone into game chat. (Co-ordinates such as A20, A0, pass and U5 etc also exist by clicking the expected place)
F1-F12 – Switches to analyze mode (if not already there) and selects a different tool. (Need to be enabled in your settings.)
key | tool |
---|---|
f1 | Alternating stones |
f2 | Place black |
f4 | Label triangle |
f5 | Label square |
f6 | Label circle |
f7 | Label letters |
f8 | Label numbers |
f9 | draw tool |
f10 | clear pen marks |
Click move number in chat – Jumps to that move number (or variation in review) when comment was sent. (i.e. the dividers between chat logs at different move numbers are clickable)
Analysis/Review Tricks
Holding shift while using the place Black or place White stones tool swaps color.
Delete/backspace key Delete branch from current node.
Shift+Click while using the Alphabet label tool allows custom 3 character labels, including emojis.
Any letter or number key while using the Alphabet or Number label tool changes the label to the pressed key.
Press Z and click on an intersection while using the Alphabet or Number label and the labels become a lowercase alphabet. One can remove the Z
label after an a
is placed, by clicking again on the position of the Z
label.
CTRL+C Copy branch from current node.
CTRL+V Paste branch onto current node, provided there are no move collisions. Stone colors may swap if pasted when the opposite color is to play a move compared to the start of the copied branch.
Shift+z : Toggle "Zen mode"
Shift+c : Toggle coordinates
Shift+i : Enable/Disable AI review
Shift+a : Analyze game
Shift+r : Review this game
Shift+e : Estimate score
Shift+p : Back to Game
In Chat
Typing a user's name makes the message highlighted for him/her
Hitting TAB after at least three letters tries to autocomplete a username
By typing "#GAME NUMBER" you can create a neat link to a game (exampe: #00000001)
By typing "player PLAYER NUMBER" you can create a neat link to a player's profile. (exampe: player 00000001)
By starting a message with "/me" you can make the rest of the line in italics
Further chat shortcuts are summarised on the OGS forums post here
In Puzzles
ESC – resets the puzzle.
Left arrow key – undo the current move.
ENTER/RETURN – advance to next puzzle in set if the puzzle was answered correctly and the next button appears.
Right mouse click - places stone of the opposite colour.
In Joseki Explorer
Home (fn+left arrow on mac)– reset explorer to empty board.
Left/Right arrow – go one move back/forward.
Forum Shortcuts
Here you find more info on Keyboard Shortcuts in the forum (based on Discourse):