Configuring the Connect Client settings

After you install Connect Client on your workload, you can configure its settings according to your preferences.

To configure the settings of Connect Client

  1. In the start menu, find Connect Client, and start it.

  2. Configure the settings on the General tab.

    Option Description

    Write verbose logs

    Select this option to allow Connect Client to write verbose logs. If disabled, the client will only write general information to the log file.

    Proxy settings

    Select whether to use the default System proxy, or configure a Custom SOCKSS proxy.

  3. Configure the settings on the Viewer tab.

    Option Description

    Ask for confirmation when closing a viewer

    Select this option if you want Connect Client to display a confirmation message when you attempt closing the Viewer window in order to prevent accidental closing.

    When minimized

    Select whether to suspend the Viewer activity when minimized, in order to reduce the CPU load.

    When maximized

    Select whether to enable the full screen mode when maximized.

    Clipboard transfer

    Enable showing the Clipboard transfer indicator in the Viewer window whenever you copy or paste text and images.

    Keyboard Mode

    Enable showing the Input mode indicator in the Viewer window title whenever mouse and keyboard events are being sent to the remote machine.
    Clipboard Select Automatically synchronize clipboard to enable automatic clipboard synchronization, when available.

    Send keyboard events

    Choose whether to grab your local keyboard input whenever the Connect Client window is active or only when your local mouse pointer is over it.

    Viewer background color

    Change the Viewer window background color.
    Reconnect automatically Select Enable to reconnect automatically, if you want Connect Client to automatically re-establish the connection if it has been interrupted.
    H.264 You can disable hardware decoders.
    Close when idle Select the time interval of being idle after which to close the Viewer window.

  4. Configure the settings on the Keyboard tab.

    Option Description

    Modifier mappings

    Change the behavior of modifier keys with a pop-up menu. These settings are stored separately for NEAR, Apple Screen Sharing, and RDP connections.

    Input mode

    For each type of connection (selected in the header of pane), select the default keyboard input mode.

  5. Click OK.