Keyboard Support
The Sudoku-san and Kakuro-san Assistants have plenty of keyboard support; in fact once you start using our shortcuts you may never go back to the mouse... Here's a quick run-down of how to use the keys.
Browser Wierdness
Before we start - a quick caveat. We can't completely guarantee these all work with every browser, although we've done our best. We're continuing to improve the others and we'll let you know how we get on.
Assistant Keyboard Shortcuts
Navigation
Easy enough - Use the arrow keys to move around the grid.
Deleting Values
If you want to delete just one value from a square, navigate to the square and use the number key to clear the value (the number keys 'toggle' the values - one click adds the number, the next click removes it)
If you want to clear the whole square, navigate to the square and press the 'Delete' or 'Backspace' buttons
Entering Values
Navigate to the square you want to change and then use the number keys to set or clear values from the square.
For example, if you wanted to set the values '3' and '4' on the square, navigate to it and press the '3' key and the '4' key. If you want to then clear the '4', click the '4' key again and it will be cleared.
Tip: If you hold down the CONTROL key when entering a number, it will set that value and clear out all old values from the square.
Setting the 'Sure?' status
When you have a square down to one possibility you can mark it 'unsure' by pressing the space bar. Pressing space again will mark it 'sure' again.
Other ideas?
If you have any other suggestions, or see particular problems in browsers then let us know. Your ideas or feature requests could be in the next version of the Assistant! You can Get in touch here.