Mouse, keyboard, and touch
Common controls for the camera, pieces, cards, and selection.
Camera
| Action | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Orbit | Left-drag empty table space | One-finger drag |
| Pan | Right-drag empty table space | Two-finger drag |
| Zoom | Mouse wheel while nothing is held | Two-finger pinch |
| Return to seat | Seat > My Seat | Same control |
| View from above | Seat > Bird's Eye View | Same control |
Pieces
| Action | Mouse or keyboard | Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Move | Hold and drag a piece; release to drop | Finger drag |
| Raise or lower a held piece | Wheel, W/S, or up/down arrows | Pinch while holding or use the hold controls |
| Rotate a held piece | Alt-drag; A/D or left/right arrows | Twist with a second finger or use rotate controls |
| Inspect | Double-click | Double-tap |
| Open actions | Right-click a piece | Long-press a piece |
| Stand upright or lay flat | U, or piece menu | Piece menu |
| Toggle grid snapping | G, or piece menu | Piece menu |
| Ping the table | Middle-click empty space | Long-press empty space |
Ordinary cards use right-click to flip instead of opening the piece menu. Use ContextMenu / Shift+F10 for their other actions, or long-press on touch. Without a selection, the keyboard menu cycles through table pieces.
Cards and decks
| Action | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Take a table card to hand | Left-click | Tap or Take to hand in the menu |
| Flip a table card | Right-click | Flip in the menu |
| Draw a card from a deck | Left-drag from the deck | Finger drag |
| Take the top card to hand | Click the deck | Tap the deck |
| Shuffle or split a deck | Right-click, then choose the action | Long-press, then choose the action |
| Move the whole deck | Right-drag | Press and drag the Move menu action |
| Privately inspect the top card | Double-click | Double-tap |
In the inspection view, F places the card face-up, D places it face-down, H takes it to hand, and R returns it. Touch users can use the four labeled buttons.
Your hand
Drag or click a hand card out with the left mouse button to play it face-down. Use the right button to play it face-up. On touch, use one finger for face-down and two for face-up.
Turn on Rearrange to reorder your cards without playing them. In Rearrange mode, the Rank and Suit controls sort the hand. Use the hand's scroll controls when cards extend beyond the visible area.
Select several pieces
Use Shift-drag on empty table space to draw a selection box, or Shift-click to add and remove pieces. On touch, turn on Multi-Select, then drag a box or tap pieces.
Selection actions can stand pieces upright, change grid snapping, flip cards, roll dice, take cards to hand, rotate the group, or delete selected pieces. Press Escape or turn off Multi-Select to leave the mode.
More controls
With nothing held or selected, W/A/S/D or the arrow keys pan the camera. Seat > Lean In / Lean Out adjusts your view. Middle-click an unheld piece to highlight it for the table; touch users choose Highlight from its action menu.
GMs use L or Labels… to name a piece and set eligible low-stock warnings. Deck browsing, notecard editing, fog, and the whiteboard have their own focused controls; see Cards, dice, and pieces.
On narrow or touch layouts, close the expanded hand tray to bring back Multi-Select, Seat, and Table Actions. Full and compact labels are controlled in More > Settings > UI, or Menu > Table > Settings.
Keyboard access
Use Tab to move between interface controls and Enter or Space to activate buttons. ContextMenu or Shift+F10 opens actions for the selected pieces. More > How to Play (or Menu > Table > How to Play) lists the controls available to your role.
Sources checked: docs/GESTURES.md, public/table/piece-ui.js, public/table/input-router.js. Reviewed September 29, 2026 against the working source. Published releases may differ; check the changelog for your version.