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Advanced Tips & Tricks

Adam314159 edited this page Jan 11, 2019 · 25 revisions

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 Open a searchbar (except for in chat where it just types 0)

On Game Screen

LEFT AND RIGHT ARROW KEY Switch to analyze mode (if enabled) and/or scroll through moves

SPACE Starts automatically re-playing moves from the current position onward (speed can be changed in settings)

ESC Returns to the current game position, closing analyze mode or estimate score.

SHIFT + LEFT MOUSE BUTTON on any stone or intersection jumps to a move number in which that coordinate was played

F1-F12 Switch to analyze mode (if not already there) and selects a different tool. (Some of these buttons can however be overriden by your browser settings.)

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

By typing player (PLAYER NUMBER) you can create a neat link to a player's profile.

By starting a message with /me you can make the rest of the line in italics

Setting up a Bot for OGS

Bots on OGS are run by normal users like yourself. If you are interested in running a bot follow this tutorial