Keyboard Shortcuts

In addition to the shortcut keys, which are shown in the window menu, the following shortcut keys are supported by Pentobi. Note that these shortcuts are not active when the comment text field has the focus. In this case, the focus can be switched away from the comment text with the Tab key.

Plus

Select next piece

Minus

Select previous piece

Escape

Clear selected piece

Left, Right, Up, Down, Shift+Left, Shift+Right, Shift+Up, Shift+Down

Move the selected piece. The Shift key makes the piece move faster.

Space

Next orientation of the selected piece

Shift+Space

Previous orientation of the selected piece

Enter

Play the selected piece

1, 2, A, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Select piece according to commonly used piece names. If there are multiple pieces with the letter (e.g. I3, I4, I5), pressing the key several times cycles between them. Some letters are used only in certain game variants. For example, A is used only in Trigon for the pieces A6 and A4 (also known as "lobster" and "triangle").

Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+Shift+Left, Ctrl+Left, Ctrl+Right, Ctrl+Shift+Right, Ctrl+End, Ctrl+Up, Ctrl+Down

Navigate in the game: beginning, ten moves backward, backward, forward, ten moves forward, end, previous variation, next variation.

Ctrl+Shift+H

Like Find Move (Ctrl+H) but iterates backwards through the list of legal moves.

Ctrl+T

Switch view between comment and game analysis.

Alt+M

Open menu.