Keyboards (Flic)
SGT listens to keyboard shortcuts. These keyboards can be both wired USB keyboards and bluetooth keyboards. One popular bluetooth keyboard are Flic buttons.
This page first details the keyboard shortcuts in general, and then talks about how to get Flic to use them.
A Flic button can be set up to do different things when you click, double-click or long-press the button. For example, a click to end your turn, a double-click to pass the round and a long-press to toggle in and out of Admin Time.
Available Keyboard Shortcuts
| (Shift+) T | Primary Action, usually End Turn. |
|---|---|
| (Shift+) R | Secondary Action, usually Pass Round |
| (Shift+) A | Toggle Admin Time |
| (Shift+) P | Toggle Pause |
| Shift + U | Undo |
The Shift key is optional (apart from Undo) and in short, without the Shift key, the action is ignored if it isn't your turn or the turn of a hot-seat player (i.e. a player without their own device).
It is a good idea to check that this is all working OK by going to somewhere you can type (e.g. your mail) and press the button. If you see the keys come in (e.g. t, R or whatever you configured it to send) then you are all set!
Activate Keyboard commands in SGT
By default, the Shared Game Timer isn't listening for keyboard commands, so you need to activate it. Don't worry, it is super simple.
During a game, go to the timer menu () and click the 'Gesture Setup' option. On that page, check the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' option.
You only need to do this once. Your choice is remembered, by device. So, you can have keyboard shortcuts activated on your phone, but turned off on your laptop.
Seat-Specific buttons
If you have multiple keyboards (e.g. multiple Flic buttons) and you want a button to work only for a specific player, you can set the keyboards to send the player's Seat Number immediately before the T or R key. So to make a button work for e.g. the player with seat #3, send the text '3t' or '3T'.
By making a button seat-specific, it will work even when multiple players have an action, e.g. during Simultaneous Turns or when using a Free-Form Turn Order.
The seats are initially set to the order the players are added to the game during game creation. The first player added would be #1.
You can assign a player to a seat in their respective 'Player Menu' () or during game creation.
Seat-specific keyboard shortcuts need to be enabled as well, in the same place where you enabled the general keyboard shortcuts feature.
Flic Buttons Setup
Buying the right flick
Please make sure you buy the 'Flic 2' button. You do not need the hub to use the buttons with the Shared Game Timer.
Shop around to see if you can get a deal on multiple buttons. Can be useful so everyone has a button within reach.
Setup
You connect your Flic to the device on which your run your Shared Game Timer, e.g. your phone. You configure the Flic to send certain keyboard commands when you click, double-click or long-press the Flic button. The Shared Game Timer receives these keyboard commands and does the action.
See this video (iOS or Android) for instructions on how to configure your Flic button to send keyboard commands using the 'Universal Mode'. You can stop watching after they are done with the keyboard mapping part.
See the sections above for a list of available keyboard shortcuts. As mentioned above, it is a good idea to test that your Flic is doing the right thing by opening up an email and press the Flic button. It should send the right keyboard text into your email, e.g. 't' or 'R'