Keyboard shortcuts

Four Winds was designed to be controllable both with a mouse and on a keyboard. Nearly all features and operations of the game are accessible on a keyboard, as well. The following table presents the shortcut keys and alternative ways of performing the most important operations on a keyboard. Note too, that Four Winds lets you configure the keyboard (you can change keys for discarding, claiming and acceleration).

Key	Action	Alternative
F1	Help contents	Help>Contents
F2	New game If a game is started or continued in a multiplayer mode (host), signals start of deal	Game>New Game
F3	Pause (toggle)	Game>Pause
F4	Switch between the game board and Tile Claimed dialog box (only when jokers are used in the game).	Activation with the mouse
F5	Send all (in the Game Manager)	Equivalent command in the context menu of the message tree or message field of the Chat tab.
F6	Send to player A (in the Game Manager)	Equivalent command in the context menu of the message tree or message field of the Chat tab.
F7	Send to player B (in the Game Manager)	Equivalent command in the context menu of the message tree or message field of the Chat tab.
F8	Send to player C (in the Game Manager)	Equivalent command in the context menu of the message tree or message field of the Chat tab.
CTRL+O	Open game	File>Open
CTRL+S	Save game	File>Save
CTRL+Q	Abort game (works in the Scores dialog, as well)	Game>Abort
CTRL + H	Suggest a tile to be discarded	Game>Hint
CTRL + I	Hide Game Information Panel (toggle)	View>Hide Game Information Panel
CTRL + L	Lock discards of other players (toggle)	Options>Lock discards
CTRL + W	Show Wall (toggle)	View>Wall
CTRL + P	Show Players window (toggle)	View>Players
CTRL + T	Show Available Tiles window (toggle)	View>Available Tiles
CTRL + D	Show Discards window (toggle)	View>Discards
CTRL + G	Show Game Manager (toggle)	View>Game Manager
CTRL + A	Show Dora Tiles window (toggle)	View>Dora Tiles
CTRL + SHIFT + A	Change between the Dora view and Dora indicator view (toggle)	Right click the background of the Dora window or of the area for Dora tiles within the Wall window.
CTRL + PLUS KEY	Auto-size width of columns (Statistics tab)	No equivalent mouse operation, but you can specify the column widths individually by dragging between column headers
ALT + 1	Activate Game Manager	Selection with the mouse
ALT + 2	Activate Game Board	Selection with the mouse
ALT	Press and hold down the ALT key to display a tile palette for assigning a tile value for a joker (when keyboard is used the joker must be lifted first); as the tile palette is shown, select the desired tile with arrow keys, then release the ALT key to close the tile palette.	No equivalent mouse operation (but you can select the tile from the tile palette with a mouse).
TAB	Activate the next control in a dialog box	Selection with the mouse
CTRL+TAB	Activate the next tab in the Game Manager	Selection with the mouse
R or CTRL+R (Note: ALT+R does not work, and R works only if the Ready button is visible)	Declare Ready	Click the Ready button (if visible), or choose Game>Declare Ready Hand
J (Note: ALT+J does not work)	Grab another player's melded joker. Note: To perform the action on keyboard, you must first lift the regular tile that matches another player's melded joker, then press J.	Click another player's melded joker (while having an identical regular tile in hand)
K (Note: ALT+K does not work)	Declare Kong/Rob Kong	Click the Kong button/Rob Kong button
O (Note: ALT+O does not work)	Declare ‘Out’	Click the Out button
D	Show Discards/Show Hands (separate views) Note: Works in the Scores dialog box, as well.	Click the Discards/Hands button
SPACEBAR	Discard/Undo discard/Claim (when it’s not player’s turn) Select active button in a dialog box	Right click a lifted tile or anywhere above your hand row/To undo your discard, click on a tile in your Discard slot/Click on a tile in the discarder’s discard slot Click equivalent button
ENTER	Accelerate (bypass delay) Select active button in a dialog box	Click anywhere on the game board Click equivalent button
ESCAPE	Close a dialog box	Click the Cancel button (or Ignore button in the Tile Claimed dialog box)
Pg Up	Previous deal of the game (Scores dialog box)	Click equivalent navigation button
SHIFT + Pg Up	Previous winner of the game (Scores dialog box)	Hold down SHIFT and click equivalent navigation button
SHIFT + Pg Dn	Next winner of the game (Scores dialog box)	Hold down SHIFT and click equivalent navigation button
HOME	Lift the first hand tile First deal of the game (Scores dialog box)	Click on the first tile in the hand Click equivalent navigation button
SHIFT + HOME	First winner of the game (Scores dialog box)	Hold down SHIFT and click equivalent navigation button
END	Lift the last hand tile Last deal of the game (Scores dialog box)	Click on the last tile in the hand Click equivalent navigation button
SHIFT + END	Last winner of the game (Scores dialog box)	Hold down SHIFT and click equivalent navigation button
DEL	Roll-up or down the Scores dialog box	Double click on the title bar of the Scores dialog box
UP ARROW	Lift the first hand tile (when none of the tiles is raised)	Click on the first tile in the hand
DOWN ARROW	Lower a raised tile	Click on a lifted tile
LEFT ARROW	Lift a tile on the left of the currently raised tile Lift the first hand tile (when none of the tiles is raised) During 3-tile-Charleston, moves the selection rectangle to the left	Click on a tile on the left of the currently lifted tile Click on the first tile in the hand
RIGHT ARROW	Lift a tile on the right of the currently raised tile Lift the first hand tile (when none of the tiles is raised) During 3-tile-Charleston, moves the selection rectangle to the right	Click on a tile on the right of the currently lifted tile Click on the first tile in the hand
SHIFT + LEFT ARROW	Move the currently raised tile to the left (manual tile arrange must be enabled)	Drag tile to the left
SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW	Move the currently raised tile to the right (manual tile arrange must be enabled)	Drag tile to the right
+ KEY (NUMPAD)	Increase volume of background music	None
– KEY (NUMPAD)	Decrease volume of background music	None
ALT+F4	Close Four Winds or close active dialog box	Click the Close button, double click the Control Box, click on Control Box and select Close, or choose File>Exit

In addition, you can use standard methods like pressing accelerator keys in dialog boxes. E.g., pressing W, or ALT+W (if the active control takes input), would toggle on or off an option labeled Show Wall).