Scorekeeper Release Notes

• Games has a Tools menu instead of separate UI text editor, Clear saved names, and Reset Scorekeeper buttons. Start a new game is still its own button. Opening Tools overlays the list; it does not push the rest of the window. (#100)
• Tools includes Backup and Restore. Backup asks first, then downloads this device’s Scorekeeper as a JSON file named Hand and Foot Scorekeeper backup - plus the date and time. Restore asks for a file, then replaces all games, saved names, preferences, and UI text on this device after you confirm. (#16)
• More actions on the last game in the list stays on screen in portrait. Where the menu cannot all fit, including phone landscape, scrolling the Games list does not close it. (#99)
• More actions now says Mark as completed. The confirm button uses the same words. French was already Marquer comme terminée. (#101)
• Each round has a collapsed Add a note line under the score table, aligned with the score labels. Add a note and Note: use the same weight as Canastas; the note text itself is not bold. Tap to type; it saves as you type. Clicking outside closes the field. The closed line shows Note: plus the first line, with an ellipsis if it does not fit. In Summaries, a small note-page mark appears next to Round #N when that round has text. (#98)

• Game name on New game and Edit game is optional, like Target score. If you leave it blank, the header and Games show the player-name title (Alice vs Bob, or 8-player/team game at four-plus). (#83)
• More actions on a game now has Export Excel after Duplicate. It downloads one spreadsheet for that game. The file name starts with Hand and Foot game - and ends with the created date and time. Blank score cells become 0 in the file only. (#14)
• Games has Reset Scorekeeper in the same row as Clear saved names. After you confirm, this device is a first visit again: no games, no saved names, no keypad or view preferences, no recovery copies. (#22)
• Clear saved names is only on Games. It is no longer on New game.
• More actions uses a caret instead of ⋯. Duplicate no longer has an ellipsis. The Duplicate game window is unchanged.
• UI text editor on Games replaces Words next to En / Fr. The left column is always the original English. The right column is yours for the language you are editing. Changes save as you type. The page title Scorekeeper is not in the list. Reset puts the shipped wording back for the language you are editing. (#64)
• The Previous rounds label is gone. Hidden, Summaries, and Expanded are three equal icon buttons. The tooltip still says the depth. (#88)
• After Start new game, iPad Chrome lands at the top of the page, with the Scorekeeper header visible. (#89)
• On a wide screen, Standings and Instructions — open card and closed tab — line up with the green Round #N · Current round header. A short window keeps that top and scrolls inside the card. (#92)
• The current-round header is no longer a toggle and has no chevron. That card stays open. Previous rounds still collapse. (#94)
• Delete last round is now Delete current round. French is Supprimer la ronde en cours. The button still removes the current (highest-number) round. (#96)

• When Games, New game, Edit game, or a confirm window is open, En / Fr and Back to website sit under that window. (#90)
• En / Fr closes if you click or tap outside it, press Escape, or open a window. (#91)

• On iPad Chrome, a long formula grows left from the score cell. It no longer jumps onto the green Round #1 · Current round header. (#80)
• In French Résumés, Total de la ronde stays on one line, like the current round and Dépliées. (#85)
• In and Out on the keypad are an open square with a stroke arrow through the missing corner. They no longer use a filled triangle. (#86)
• In Edit game, the blue focus halo is visible all the way around Game name and the name fields. (#87)

• The Scorekeeper is in English at /scorekeeper/ and in French at /scorekeeper/fr/. En / Fr next to Back to website opens English and Français. Switching language keeps the same game. Back to website goes to the matching site language. (#17) (#18)
• On French, the footer points to the English Notes de mise à jour du Scorekeeper and says they are in English only for now. A blank name is Nom n° 1. Standings says Comprend la ronde en cours. (#17) (#18)
• In and Out on the keypad are icons in every language. The tooltip says what will happen. If the keypad cannot sit in the row, a tap still explains there is not enough space. (#17)

• On New game and Edit game, Player/team names uses the same size and weight as Game name, Target score, and Number of players or teams. (#78)
• When the keypad is Out, the drag tab sticks out of the top again so you can move it. The tab stays hidden while the keypad is In. (#79)
• In / Out now names where the keypad is. In the row the button says Out. When the keypad is floating — chosen, dragged, or squeezed — the button says In. If there is not enough room to sit in the row, In is grayed and a tap shows Not enough space. (#82)

• On a phone, the game name sits on its own line. Games and New game sit together on the next line, the same width. (#72)
• On a phone, Round #N and Current round stay on one line. Game target / Target reached sits on the next line, so the full amount stays visible. (#72)
• On a phone and on iPad portrait, Delete last round and Add next round sit under the current round. Previous rounds with Hidden / Summaries / Expanded sits with the previous rounds. (#72)
• Deductions amounts use the same weight as Canastas, Cards, and Bonus. They stay red. (#73)
• Pressing = or a keypad navigation arrow returns the score cell to its column width as soon as the result replaces the formula. (#75)
• A long formula grows out of the score cell on iPad while you type it, without leaving the cell. (#76)
• A formula stays a formula until you press =, move with Enter/Tab or a keypad arrow, or leave the cell on purpose. A keypad tap that only inserts a digit or operator no longer calculates. (#77)

• The keypad number, +, − and = keys keep working once a formula is longer than the keypad strip. Clicking them with a mouse used to stop entering anything, while the caret arrows and the physical keyboard still worked. (#70)
• The keypad strip still slides to keep the caret in view, and it now settles instead of redrawing continuously behind a long formula. (#70)

• Started work so the keypad strip follows the caret in a long formula. That is not finished. (#70)

• The Standings subtitle is now Including current round. It no longer says After 1 round / After X rounds, which sounded as if that round was finished. (#9)
• The footer Scorekeeper Release Notes link now opens in a new tab, like the same link in Instructions. (#59)
• Under Target score, New game and Edit game both say Leave blank for no target score. on one line. That replaces Leave blank if you do not want to use a target score. and Leave blank to remove the target score. (#66)
• Name fields sit under one heading, Player/team names. Each box uses the placeholder Name #1, Name #2, and so on. An empty name on the sheet is Name #1, not Player/Team #1. That heading replaces Player or team 1 on New game and Players/Teams on Edit game. (#67)
• New game no longer shows Previously used names appear as suggestions when you select a name field. Suggestions still appear when you select a name box. (#69)
• When a long equation grows out of a cell, the current-round card keeps its rounded corners. (#71)
• With the keypad in the row, the page can scroll through previous rounds, the round buttons, and the footer. (#68)

• The English word list is now grouped by part of the Scorekeeper (Games, New game and Edit game, keypad, and so on). What you see on screen is unchanged. (#65)

• Player-facing words now come from one English list, instead of being written separately in the page and in the app. That is the setup for later languages. (#34)

• The page title is now just Scorekeeper. The version and date now sit in the comments footer, next to the Release Notes link. (#50)
• In the round header, the red Target reached: XX,XXX message now replaces the game target, instead of repeating both phrases. The two-player grid is a little wider so that stays on one line. (#51)
• Previous rounds are now one control: Hidden, Summaries, or Expanded. (#53)
• The Add next round button is now the main action under the round. The Delete last round button is quieter. (#54)
• The Games button stays prominent. The New game button is secondary. (#55)
• Adding a round keeps the keypad up if it was up, and focuses the first cell of the new current round. An invalid cell still blocks the action. (#56)
• In a score field, a long equation stays visible while you type it, growing left from the cell until you commit. (#57)
• The keypad and the current-round grid now share the same styles when they sit in a row. They are aligned at the top and heights are not forced equal. (#58)

Current round and keypad share one scoring row

• On tablet and desktop, the current round and the Scorekeeper keypad sit next to each other when they both fit, centered as a pair, with the keypad on the left or right you already chose. Previous rounds stay centered. (#52)
• A keypad button takes the keypad out of that row and puts it back. If the pair does not fit, the keypad floats until there is room. Phone layout is unchanged. (#52)

Narrower score columns and stylesheet housekeeping

• Player/team score columns are about 25% narrower for every player count, on tablet and desktop, so the keypad has more room. The Canastas/Cards label column is unchanged.
• Live colours now use named CSS variables.
• The phone vs tablet cutoff stays at 700px and is named in both CSS and JavaScript.
• WordPress-theme override CSS is switched off (commented out) now that the Scorekeeper is a standalone page.

Upright stacked drawer-tab labels

• Desktop and tablet Instructions and Standings tabs now use upright letters stacked top to bottom, instead of a rotated word.
• Phone tabs stay horizontal along the bottom.

This release also includes housekeeping from after v0.24 went live:

• There is now a single Scorekeeper HTML page. Leftover copies were removed so the live site and tests cannot drift apart.
• Page width and padding now live in the shared stylesheet instead of being duplicated in the HTML.
• Unused leftover header styles from an older page layout were removed.

Scoring, games, keypad and drawers are unchanged from v0.24.

Standalone Scorekeeper page

The Scorekeeper is now a standalone page on the site, instead of being embedded in a WordPress/WPBakery page.

• The English Scorekeeper lives at /scorekeeper/ as a complete HTML page with app.js and styles.css.
• The page title follows the usual pattern: Scorekeeper Beta v0.24 – 2026-08-31, using the site’s Exo heading face at a smaller size so it fits with the score sheet.
• A Back to website button returns to the rest of handandfootgame.ca. The WordPress header and menus are not shown on this page.
• Comments and feedback were removed but are available on the Scorekeeper Release Notes page; a note at the bottom of the Scorekeeper points there.

Scoring, games, keypad and drawers are unchanged from v0.23.

More compact score sheet and improved tablet layout

This release further refines the Scorekeeper layout, especially for the common two-player/two-team game and for use on tablets.

• Reduced the width of the score-grid label column and player/team columns for a more compact presentation.
• Further refined participant-aware grid sizing so two-column games use substantially less screen space while larger games continue to expand as needed.
• The entire current-round block now follows the compact score-grid width, including the round header, score table, Round total and Ongoing total.
• Added more breathing room around the score sheet on tablet and desktop layouts.
• Improved side margins so the Instructions and Standings tabs are less likely to overlap the active scoring area.
• Updated keypad parking so the compact score sheet and keypad can continue to form one centered side-by-side working area when sufficient room is available.
• Reduced unnecessary vertical spacing in the current-round header, score rows, game controls and round controls.
• Added additional vertical refinements for shorter tablet-landscape screens.
• Strengthened the visual distinction between caret controls, score-navigation arrows and regular keypad keys.
• Widened the S–M–L keypad-size control for improved readability.

Keypad controls, navigation and interface refinements

This release improves keypad clarity and consistency while updating several score-sheet and Standings details.

• Standardized the Pin controls used by the keypad and the Standings drawer.
• Pins now remain vertically oriented, with a neutral appearance when unpinned and a red icon when pinned.
• Changed score-field arrow navigation so the arrows remain strictly directional and no longer wrap to another row or column at grid boundaries.
• Changed the Standings footer to “Standings update automatically as scores are entered.”
• Updated the Instructions drawer to reflect the current Scorekeeper, including keypad controls, keypad positioning, navigation and Standings pinning.
• Added tooltips to less-obvious keypad controls such as cursor movement, Backspace and score-field navigation.
• Added clearer visual distinction between keypad cursor controls, score-field navigation controls and regular calculator keys.
• Changed the keypad Side control so it displays the destination side rather than the keypad’s current side.
• Redesigned the keypad Size control to display S–M–L together and highlight the currently active size.
• Changed round-header separators from vertical pipes to middle dots for greater visual clarity.
• Changed Subtotal round #X to the simpler and more accurate Round total.
• Additional keypad and interface consistency refinements.

Compact score grid and improved keypad workflow

This release makes better use of screen space and introduces a calmer, more predictable score-entry experience.

• Added participant-aware score-grid sizing so common two-player/two-team games no longer stretch unnecessarily across wide screens.
• Games with more players or teams progressively use more screen width while retaining horizontal scrolling when necessary on smaller screens.
• Increased score-entry text to better match the size of subtotal and ongoing-total values.
• Improved wrapping of longer player/team names in score tables and round summaries.
• Added stable keypad parking beside the score grid when the grid and keypad fit together horizontally.
• When side-by-side parking is available, the grid and keypad now behave as one centered layout.
• Added a remembered Left/Right keypad-side preference.
• Retained the diagonal keypad-positioning system as a fallback when side-by-side parking is not possible.
• A pinned keypad continues to override automatic positioning.
• Moved the keypad calculation display to its own full-width row for easier viewing and editing of longer calculations.
• Reorganized keypad controls into separate Pin, Size, Side, Disable and Minimize controls.
• Removed the former X/long-press options interaction.
• Refined keypad dimensions to keep the parked keypad compact while maintaining comfortable touch targets.
• Improved keypad accessibility with clearer control labels, visible states, direct access to Minimize and Disable, and keyboard movement of the drag handle.
• Improved compatibility with the site’s WordPress theme so current-round, subtotal and ongoing-total colours display consistently.
• Improved score-entry typography consistency in the live site.
• Improved reliability of the Instructions and Standings drawers across desktop, tablet and phone layouts.

Improved keypad positioning and game controls

This release makes keypad positioning more predictable and adds greater control over where the keypad remains while entering scores.

• Replaced the previous automatic overlap-avoidance behaviour with a predictable four-position keypad system.
• Automatic keypad placement now follows this priority:
  • under and to the right;
  • under and to the left;
  • over and to the right;
  • over and to the left.
• The keypad aligns with the diagonally adjacent score field whenever sufficient space is available.
• Automatic placement keeps the active score row and column unobstructed whenever the screen allows it.
• Added a Pin control to the keypad.
• When unpinned, changing score fields returns the keypad to automatic positioning.
• When pinned, the keypad stays in its chosen position as different score fields are edited.
• A pinned keypad remains draggable and remembers its position.
• Moved the drag handle into a small centered protrusion above the keypad.
• Improved keypad positioning so the drag handle remains accessible within the usable screen area.
• The keypad now displays above the closed Instructions and Standings tabs while open drawers and dialogs remain above the keypad.
• Reduced the unnecessary vertical gap in the Games window above the Start a new game / Clear saved names action area.

New score-entry keypad, improved game management and reliability

This release introduces a new bespoke score-entry keypad and several improvements to game management, local data reliability and interface consistency.

• Added a new score-entry keypad designed especially for touch devices.
• The keypad includes:
  • numbers and calculator operators;
  • an equals key for calculating expressions;
  • Backspace;
  • cursor controls for moving within longer calculations;
  • four-way navigation between score fields.
• The keypad can be moved around the screen and automatically moves out of the way when necessary.
• Added three keypad sizes and remembered keypad position and size preferences.
• The keypad can be minimized or disabled and easily restored when needed.
• The score field currently being edited is now clearly highlighted.
• Improved mobile score entry by allowing the bespoke keypad to replace the device keyboard when enabled.
• Improved local-data reliability and recovery when saved Scorekeeper data is damaged or browser storage encounters problems.
• Added the ability to clear all saved player/team-name suggestions without affecting existing games.
• Reorganized the Games window with a dedicated area for starting a new game and managing saved names.
• Improved the visual consistency of keypad navigation and editing controls.
• Fixed the browser-edge corners of the Instructions and Standings tabs.
• Additional interface and stability refinements.

Standings and saved-name improvements

• Added an optional pin control to the Standings drawer on desktop and tablet.
• A pinned Standings drawer now remains open when clicking elsewhere or pressing Escape.
• Added an × beside reusable player/team-name suggestions so individual saved names can be removed easily.
• Improved player/team-name capitalization and duplicate handling.
• Changed Target to Game target in the current-round header for greater clarity.
• Improved the confirmation shown after duplicating a game.
• Duplicate confirmations now remain visible until dismissed and explain that the duplicated game is Unfinished and must be resumed to become active.

Score-sheet interface refinements

• Simplified the current-round header by removing the separate status pills.
• Current round and target information are now displayed directly beside the round number.
• When the target is reached, TARGET REACHED appears in red in the current-round header.
• Ongoing totals that reach or exceed the target are now highlighted in green.
• Changed the primary interface colour to a clearer blue.
• Moved the previous-round display controls below the current round.
• Aligned the round-display controls with Delete last round and Add next round.
• Standardized the size and typography of the controls below the round.
• Improved spacing around the current round.
• Changed Ongoing Total to Ongoing total for more consistent capitalization.
• Removed the icons from the Instructions and Standings pull-out tabs.

Interface cleanup and colour refinements

• Changed both drawer pull-out tabs to a neutral dark-grey treatment.
• Removed the icons from the pull-out tabs while keeping the icons inside the drawers.
• Moved round-display controls closer to the current round.
• Improved the arrangement of round controls on smaller screens.
• Introduced a more consistent primary interface colour.
• Refined the visual treatment used when a target score is reached.
• Reduced unnecessary vertical space between the game controls and the current round.
• Removed the redundant introductory sentence from the Instructions drawer.

Improved game duplication, game information and instructions

• Expanded Duplicate into two options:
  • duplicate only the game setup and start again at Round #1;
  • duplicate the entire game, including all rounds and scores.
• Improved duplicate-game naming so copies are easier to distinguish.
• Added a confirmation message after duplicating a game.
• Added the target score to Games listings when a target is defined.
• Added the game creation date alongside updated or completed information.
• Simplified the main game toolbar so the game name and primary game actions take less vertical space.
• Restored subtle separators in Current Standings for easier reading.
• Improved the Scorekeeper Instructions.
• Added a reminder that games are saved automatically as scores are entered.
• Added a link to the Scorekeeper Release Notes from the Instructions drawer.

Target scores, instructions and interface consistency

• Added an optional target score when starting a new game.
• The target can be changed later through Games → More actions → Edit.
• The current target is displayed on the score sheet.
• When one or more players or teams reach the target, TARGET REACHED appears in the current-round header.
• Ongoing totals that reach or exceed the target are highlighted.
• Reaching the target does not automatically end the game, so play can continue and the target can still be changed.
• Added a new Instructions drawer on the left side of the screen.
• Improved the Standings drawer with updated styling, spacing and alignment.
• Standardized confirmation windows for deleting the last round and starting a new game while another game is active.
• Improved alignment of the trophy and standings header.
• Continued general interface cleanup and consistency improvements.

Standings drawer refinements

• Improved alignment of the trophy, title and round information.
• Reduced unnecessary spacing in the standings header.
• Refined the information message at the bottom of the standings drawer.
• Continued visual cleanup of the new standings presentation.

Games and standings usability improvements

• Improved the behaviour of the More actions menus in Games.
• More-actions menus now close more naturally when interacting elsewhere.
• Improved menu positioning so actions remain visible inside the Games window.
• Improved reusable player/team-name suggestions while editing games.
• Continued alignment and spacing refinements in the Standings drawer.

Redesigned standings and improved game editing

• Completely refreshed the Current Standings drawer.
• Added:
  • trophy treatment;
  • participant colours;
  • cleaner score presentation;
  • clearer separation between standings;
  • automatic-update information.
• Tied players or teams are now visually grouped together.
• Ranking now handles ties more naturally. For example: #1, #2, #2, #3.
• Renamed Game History to simply Games.
• Renamed Rename to Edit.
• Edit now allows changes to:
  • the game name;
  • player or team names.
• Renamed the Negative scoring row to Deductions throughout the scorekeeper.

New Current Standings drawer

The permanent standings section was replaced with a more compact drawer.

• Added a Standings tab on the right side of desktop and tablet screens.
• Added a phone-friendly bottom-sheet presentation.
• Standings remain available without permanently taking up vertical space.
• The drawer updates automatically as scores change.
• Added rank numbers to the standings.
• Added After X rounds information.
• The drawer can be closed by:
  • the close button;
  • Escape;
  • clicking outside it.
• Page position is preserved when opening and closing the drawer.

Stability and Games improvements

• Restored and refined the game-name field after earlier interface changes.
• Improved Add Round and Delete Last Round so the page does not unexpectedly jump.
• Added protection against rapid repeated clicks on round controls.
• Improved completed-game status presentation.
• Improved Games behaviour when reopening the window.
• Additional fixes and stability refinements.

Follow-up fixes

• Corrected issues discovered during testing of v0.14.
• Restored expected game-setup behaviour.
• Improved consistency in Games and active-game handling.

Major Games and saved-data update

This release expanded the scorekeeper from a single active score sheet into a more complete game-management system.

• Improved local-data reliability and recovery.
• Added stronger game-name validation.
• Improved delete confirmations.
• Added clearer handling of completed games.
• Completed games can be viewed without accidentally changing them.
• Added a Reopen workflow for completed games.
• Improved Games searching, filtering and sorting.
• Added clearer game details and status information.
• Improved handling of active, unfinished and completed games.

Interface and validation refinements

• Improved positioning of score-entry validation messages.
• Fixed unwanted page movement when switching between round-display modes.
• Improved focus and scroll behaviour after score-entry actions.
• General polish following the major validation update in v0.13.

Score-entry validation and reliability

A major validation update designed to prevent accidental or malformed scores.

• Score fields now accept whole-number results from -999,999,999 to 999,999,999.
• Calculator expressions are limited to 60 characters.
• Invalid calculations or unsupported characters are rejected.
• Invalid entries remain visible so they can be corrected.
• Invalid fields receive clear visual feedback.
• Keyboard navigation remains in the field until the problem is corrected.
• Invalid entries do not affect:
  • totals;
  • standings;
  • saved game data.
• Added clearer validation messages.
• Improved modal layering so scorekeeper windows behave more reliably inside the WordPress site.

Round display and layout improvements

• The current round now appears first.
• Previous rounds are displayed in reverse chronological order for easier access.
• Added three ways to display previous rounds:
  • Hide previous rounds
  • Show round summaries
  • Expand all rounds
• The preferred display mode is remembered.
• Simplified the top of the score sheet.
• Moved Add next round and Delete last round closer to the current round.
• Improved the Games window layout and scrolling.

Multiple games and game history

This release introduced support for keeping more than one game.

• Save multiple games locally.
• Games can be:
  • active;
  • unfinished;
  • completed.
• Added the original Game History screen.
• Added the ability to:
  • resume games;
  • reopen games;
  • rename games;
  • duplicate games;
  • complete games;
  • delete games.
• Previously used player or team names can be reused when creating new games.
• Existing v0.10 game data was migrated automatically.

Calculator-style score entry and keyboard navigation

• Score fields now support simple calculations such as 500+320+240-60.
• Pressing Enter calculates the expression.
• Added improved keyboard navigation between score fields.
• Arrow keys can be used to move around the score grid.
• Shift+Enter moves in the opposite direction.
• Invalid calculations prevent navigation until corrected.
• Blank score fields remain blank rather than being automatically converted to zero.
• Improved active-game and new-game behaviour.

Early beta foundation

This was the early working beta that became the foundation for the current Scorekeeper.

It established the basic score-sheet structure and core round-scoring workflow from which the later calculator, game-management, validation and standings features were developed.