Ryvo
Navigate Ryvo with Tab and the arrow keys, open actions with Enter, and find shortcuts for your table.
Press Tab to move to the next control and Shift+Tab to move back. When you reach a button you want to use, press Enter or Space to activate it.
Inside the playing area, the arrow keys move between tiles, cards or board squares. Moving focus to a piece does not play it. Explore first, then activate the item when you are ready to act.
Outside the playing area, Up and Down move through controls and visible text. In the weekly ranking you can read the period, your own position, and each player’s name, rank, level and XP. Left and Right move between nearby controls on the same row. In text fields and selection controls, arrows keep their usual behavior.
A plus sign in this guide means pressing keys together. For Ctrl+Tab, hold Ctrl and press Tab.
Jump straight to a tab or move through the main tabs in order.
These shortcuts are for the four main tabs. Use the page navigation shortcuts below to move between controls within a page.
You do not have to visit every item to reach another section or the end of a long list.
Page Up and Page Down move focus along with the view so you can continue from the new position. Returning to a section tries to restore the last item you focused there, provided it is still available.
Going back from a table keeps the usual leave confirmation. Search works on pages that offer it, including Friends and Salons.
Open a message and use Tab to reach its text or gift details. These appear in read-only text fields, where you can move with the arrows, select text and copy it. Press Tab to reach the next control or Shift+Tab to go back.
These shortcuts help you hear what is happening and reach actions without leaving the playing area.
For example, focus a piece and press Shift+Enter to explore its available actions. Opening the menu does not play the piece or automatically run the first action. You choose what happens next.
Press Ctrl+G to open the square dialog, type a coordinate such as e4 and confirm. Arabic digits are accepted for the rank too, as in e٤.
Focus moves to that square without making a move. You can then press Enter or Space to select a piece or make the appropriate move, depending on the board state. The arrow keys remain available for exploring nearby squares.
The board faces your colour. White is at the bottom when you play White and Black is at the bottom when you play Black. An empty square is read by its coordinate alone, such as e4, without the word empty.
Move announcements name the piece and its starting and destination squares without repeating your opponent's name, your colour and whose turn comes next. Press A when you want the turn announcement or S when you want a summary.
Numbers 0 to 6 have an extra use when exploring the domino chain. Focus a tile on the table and activate it with Enter or Space, then press one of its two numbers. Ryvo reads how many played tiles contain that number and names those tiles.
For example, activate a 6 and 3 tile and press 6 to hear the played tiles containing 6. You can use the top number row or the numeric keypad while it is in number entry mode.
This inquiry covers the visible tiles on the table. It does not reveal opponents' hands or the draw pile and is separate from choosing a tile to play from your hand.
When you enter a table where voice is available, Ryvo joins table voice automatically so you can hear people talking, and announces who is in the table voice with you and who joins or leaves it. Your microphone stays off until you turn it on.
Press Ctrl+M or use the microphone button at the top of the table, next to the options button, to turn on your microphone. Press again to mute it while you keep listening. To stop hearing table voice on this device, choose “Stop hearing table voice on this device” in table options. Ryvo remembers this choice at later tables, and turning on your microphone brings listening back.
Your table permissions still apply. The shortcut does not give a spectator permission to speak when speaking is not allowed.
If you prefer reaching parts of the table with a single letter, open Settings and find the Windows keyboard section. Enable the option for D, F and J inside the table. It is off by default and you can turn it off whenever you like.
These keys only move focus. Pressing D does not roll dice or draw a tile. After reaching the button, press Enter or Space if you want to use it. If there is no saved playing position, J takes you to an available item in the playing area.
F1 opens keyboard help for your current screen. Use it whenever you forget a shortcut. There is no need to learn the whole list at once.
F2 starts a fresh measurement of the server's response time and announces the result in milliseconds without moving focus. This is your ping, not your internet download speed. A lower number means a faster response at that moment and the result can change with your connection and network traffic.
In text fields, letters stay available for typing and text navigation keys keep their usual editing behaviour. A will not announce the turn while you write a message and Home will not jump to the first page control while you edit text.
Main tab shortcuts, F6 and available search can still take you out of the field to your destination. Open dialogs and selection lists keep their own normal keyboard navigation until you close them.
If a letter shortcut does not reach Ryvo while you use a screen reader, check the reader's navigation mode. It may be using that letter for one of its own commands. You can also leave D, F and J off and use Tab, the arrow keys and F6 to reach controls.
Start with the shortcuts you need. Tab, the arrow keys and Enter are enough to get familiar with the interface. Add the others as they become useful in your games.
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