-To move a piece, you can drag it with the left mouse button, or you -can click the left mouse button once on the piece, then once more on -the destination square. To drop a new piece on a square (when -applicable), press the middle or the right mouse button over the -square and select from the pop-up menu. In cases where you can drop -either a white or black piece, use the middle button (or shift+right) -for white and the right button (or shift+middle) for black. When you -are playing a bughouse game on an Internet Chess Server, a list of the -off-board pieces that each player has available is shown in the window -title after the player's name; in addition, the piece menus show the -number of pieces available of each type. From version 4.3.14 on, it is -also possible in crazyhouse, bughouse or shogi to dag and drop pieces -to the board from the holdings squares displayed next to the board. - -
All other XBoard commands are available from the menu bar. The most -frequently used commands also have shortcut keys or on-screen buttons. +
When XBoard is iconized, its graphical icon is a white knight if -it is White's turn to move, a black knight if it is Black's turn. See -Iconize in Keys below if you have problems getting this -feature to work. +