Controls

settl is fully keyboard-driven. Shortcuts are optimized for speed of play. Resource keys are consistent everywhere so muscle memory transfers between contexts.

Global Keys

These work on any screen during gameplay:

Key	Action
q	Quit (with confirm)
?	Toggle help overlay
Tab	Switch sidebar (Game/AI)
L	Llamafile server log
+ / -	Speed up / slow down AI play
j / k	Scroll sidebar (game log on Game tab, AI thoughts on AI tab)
Scroll wheel	Scroll active panel (3 lines per tick)

Action Bar (Your Turn)

When it’s your turn, the action bar appears at the bottom. Use letter shortcuts or arrow keys:

Key	Action
e	End Turn
s	Build Settlement
r	Build Road
c	Upgrade to City
d	Buy Development Card
p	Play Development Card
b	Bank Trade
t	Propose Trade
Enter	Select highlighted action
Left / Right	Navigate action bar

Board Cursor (Placement)

When placing settlements, roads, or the robber:

Key	Action
Arrow keys	Move to nearest legal position
n / p	Next / previous legal position
j / k / l / m	Quick-select road by label (roads only)
Enter	Confirm placement

Legal positions are highlighted in yellow. Your cursor position shows in reverse video. During road placement, positions are labeled j/k/l/m on the board for one-keystroke selection.

Resource Keys

The same keys work everywhere you pick resources (trading, discarding, dev cards):

Key	Resource
w	Wood
b	Brick
s	Sheep
h	Wheat (harvest)
o	Ore

Trade Builder

Press t to open the trade builder:

1. Type resource keys to add to the GIVE side
2. Press Tab to switch to the GET side
3. Type resource keys to add what you want
4. Press Enter to send to all players, or 1-4 to target one player
5. Backspace removes the last resource added
6. Esc cancels the trade

Example: trade 2 wood for 1 ore: t w w Tab o Enter (6 keystrokes)

Discard (Robber)

When a 7 is rolled and you have more than 7 cards:

Key	Action
w b s h o	Add resource to discard pile
Backspace	Remove last added
Enter	Confirm (when count is met)

Trade Response

When another player offers you a trade:

Key	Action
y / Enter	Accept
n / Esc	Reject

Player Keys

When targeting a specific player (trades, robber steal):

Key	Target
1	Player 1
2	Player 2
3	Player 3
4	Player 4