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Keyboard Tab

Use the Keyboard tab to specify special keys and key redirection. Special keys serve as a shortcuts for entering key sequences that would not usually be transmitted to the host because they would by trapped by Windows on the viewer computer for its own functions.

This tab contains the following fields:

(Special Keys)

Specifies a special key from the drop-down list. Valid values are as follows:

Alt-Tab

Selects and switches among active programs and applications.

Alt-Esc

Moves through the application windows in the order they were opened.

Ctrl-Esc

Displays the Start menu.

Ctrl-Space

Clears and reselects an item on most systems, for example, My Computer, on the desktop. However, in Far Eastern language versions of Windows, for example, Simplified Chinese, this key sequence switches between the different entry modes of the Input Method Editor.

Note: Ctrl-Space is provided for applications that require it.

Ctrl-Alt-Esc

Specifies that this key combination is available to applications that require it.

Ctrl-Alt-Ins

Specifies that this key combination is available to applications that require it.

Ctrl-Shift-Esc

Displays the Task Manager.

Shift-Esc

Specifies that this key combination be sent to the host for programs that require it.

Ctrl-Alt-Del

Uses the Windows Security dialog to do the following:

  • Log on to the remote host, using its logon sequence.
  • Log on and use the host's Task Manager.

Note: You may now create a hot key that simulates Ctrl+Alt+Del, for example, Ctrl-Alt-Insert. For detailed information, see the Configure the Viewer Display and Control Options help topic.

Key Redirection

Specifies the type of key redirection. Valid options are as follows:

No Key Redirection

Specifies that no key redirection be allowed.

Redirect Extended Keys

Specifies that the right-hand Alt key labeled "Alt Gr" on some European keyboards function like a typical left Alt key.

Redirect All Keys

Specifies that all special key sequences typed using the Alt, Ctrl, Shift and Windows keys on the right side of the keyboard be redirected to the remote host computer, while all key sequences typed using the same keys on the left side of the keyboard affect only the local computer.

This tab contains the following buttons:

Ctrl-Alt-Del

Sends the Ctrl-Alt-Del key sequence to the host on all supported versions of Windows, telling Windows to suspend all processes while the user uses the Windows Task Manager.

Send

Sends the specified key sequence to the host computer.

More information:

How the Host and Viewer Handle Keyboards in Different Languages

Special Key Sequences