scidCommunity Help: Game List window

# The Game List window

The Game List window displays a one-line summary for each game included in the current filter.

### Navigating the game list

You can scroll the game list using the slider bar or the four buttons under the list. You can also use the [Home], [End], [Page Up], [Page Down] and arrow keys to scroll using the keyboard.

You can find the next game in the list which has certain text in its White, Black, Event or Site field, using the Find text box.

### Actions on games in the list

To load a game from the game list, double-click the left mouse button on the game. Clicking the middle mouse button shows the initial moves of a game; this can be useful for checking a games opening before loading it.

The right mouse button produces a menu for the selected game, in which you can browse or merge the game (see below), delete (or undelete) the game, or exclude it from the filter. Note that deleting a game only turns on its delete flag; it will remain in the database until you compact it.

### Configuring the game list

Click the left or right mouse button on a column title to configure the game list. You can alter widths, add or remove columns, and change the color for each column.

If you only want to change the width of a column, there is a shortcut: while pressing the Control (or Shift) key, pressing the left mouse button on the column title will make it narrower and pressing the right mouse button will make it wider.

### Altering the size of the game list

The size of the game list window is stored in the options file whenever you save options. So if you want the game list to show 10 games by default, just resize the game list window and then select [Save options] from the [Options] menu.

### Browsing and merging games

The game list right-mouse menu (and some other windows, such as the opening report window and the best games list of the tree window) provide the choice of loading, browsing or merging a game.

When Browse game is selected, the moves of the selected game (without comments or variations) will be displayed in a separate window. This is a useful way of previewing another game without affecting the currently loaded game.

The Merge game feature provides a way to include the selected game as a variation of the current game. scidCommunity finds the deepest point where the selected game differs from the current game (taking transpositions into account) and adds a variation for the selected game at that position. You can change the number of moves of the selected game to be shown, depending on whether you are interested in adding the whole game or just its opening phase.

(Updated: scidCommunity, February 2026)