Board Game Arena

Newbie question about how the BGA interface for this game works:

After the draft, we're in production. I selected three cards and hit recycle. The three cards I picked are now green-framed. The instruction up top is now "Choose how to allocate materials." All I can do is move the cards left or right within the hand. Clicking on the materials at the top or on the right rail does nothing. What do I do?

SAME exact question. I was booted from a game because I did not know how to allocate the materials.

When you recycle a card, you get the resource immediately and have to use in some card under construction, or in your empire card. You probably want to start constructing some cards before recycling, even if it's in the same turn.