Auto-complete text on BBO. Encourages players to announce their system and to explain their bidding.
The text dialogs targeted for saving/recalling phrases fall into 3 areas:
1. CHAT
2. CHAT to Player
3. ALERT/EXPLAIN
As you start typing, a list of matching phrases (for that area) pops.
You can auto-complete the text by taking one of these actions:
a) Hitting Tab to select the first item in the list.
b) Clicking an item in the list.
c) Using Down/up arrows to navigate the list.
d) Hitting the Space Bar after one character (except after "I").
The space bar technique is particularly useful for announcing your system at the start of each round. To set this up, enter the description after a single space, and send. From that point on, just hit the space bar twice: the first space matches the description, and the second space selects the first matching entry. Voilà!
New text you send is automatically added to the saved phrases (for that area).
You can delete a phrase by clicking the [x] option.
The matching of saved text to your typing is case sensitive.
BBOtext comes with several stock phrases (all starting with a lower-case letter):
CHAT
hi opps, ⚠️ SAYC, o/e discards, Bergen Raises, Cappelletti
hi opps, ⚠️ Weak 1NT (11-14), o/e 1st discard
hi partner, let's play your description except...
i'll be back shortly ⏳
nicely done, opponents 👍
let's speed things up please... ⏲️
sp, bad bidding by me 🥺
sp, bad defense by me 🥺
sp, misclick 🥺
thanks, opps 🙏
thinking... 🤔
typ 🙏
CHAT to Player
opp, please explain bid beyond just naming it.
opp, please private-chat me: your discards are... ❓
ALERT/EXPLAIN
15-17, Balanced
3-card support
4-card support
4-card support, 10-12 hcp
4-card support, 13+ hcp
4-card support, 6-9 hcp
4-card support, less than 6 hcp
blackwood: Ace-Asking
cappelletti: one-suited hand
cappelletti: penalty
cappelletti: Hearts(♥️) and a minor
cappelletti: Spades(♠️) and a minor
cappelletti: Majors
dont: Clubs(♣️) and a higher Suit
dont: Diamonds(♦️) and a higher Suit
dont: Hearts(♥️) and Spades(♠️)
dont: long Suit; relay to clubs.
drury: game-invitational major suit raise by a passed hand
reverse drury: game-invitational major suit raise by a passed hand
flannery: 4♥️ and 5♠️ 11-15hcp
forcing
forcing 1 round
ghestem: 2 lowest unbid suits
ghestem: 2 highest unbid suits
ghestem: highest and lowest unbid suits
invitational
limit Raise Plus
negative double
new minor forcing
preemptive; Weak
responsive double
rkc 03-14
rkc 14-30
smolen: 4 cards in this major; 5 cards in other major
splinter: void or singleton in bid suit.
stayman
strong
support double; shows 3-card support
support redouble; shows 3-card support
texas transfers
transfer to Clubs(♣️)
transfer to Diamonds(♦️)
transfer to Hearts(♥️)
transfer to Spades(♠️)
unusual 2NT for the Minors.
unusual 2NT for two lowest suits.
