#Shortcat quickstart guide windows#

Using the shared clipboard across systems is as simple as using the Windows clipboard normally.Ĭopy the content or files on one system, transition across to another system and paste. To learn more about client skipping, have a look here in the FAQ. They're being shutdown or rebooted and the Director will accordingly 'skip' them. Help to avoid transitioning to a client that is not yet ready.

The Director will thenĪutomatically 'unskip' the client and let you know that it is now available. Will attempt to communicate with the Director and let it know that it is now available. When a client system becomes available (for example you boot a client computer) it With this option on, all client systems are set to be 'Default all systems to skip on startup'. Once you have Input Director running and configured it is beneficial to turn on the If the switch is successful, the client's skip flag will be cleared. You can quickly unskip a client by using its hotkey to switch over to it. Temporary and not remembered between restarting Input Director or rebooting When moving the cursorīetween the Director System and the remaining client, Input Director will treat The Director system but has its Skip flag checked. In this screenshot the Client system jane is positioned between bob and One to be 'skipped' when transitioning between systems.

On the Client Systems tab, a client can be temporarily marked as 1.4 Managing when Client systems are available If things get really stuck, you can always hit ctrl-alt-delete to regain control YouĬan change this hotkey from the Director Preferences tab: Pause/break to the right of the scroll-lock key on a standard keyboard). Left ctrl + left alt + control-break (control-break is the key marked If you wish to use a hotkey or if you start an application on the client system that causes that system to freezeĪnd you need to return control to the Director system, the default hotkey is There is also a hotkey to return the cursor to the Director system at any time (see next section)ġ.3 Recovering the cursor to the Director These hotkeys are configured under the Director Preferences tab. You can also set up hotkeys to move the cursor between systems by their relative positions: left, right, up and down. You'll find that your mouse and keyboard input is now being redirected to that system. The cursor should appear in the center of the client screen and If you've set a hotkey for the client system, you can use that by hitting your hotkeyĬombination. Select the mode of transition from the Director Preferences tab.ġ.2 Transitioning between Systems using hotkeys Using one of the features can help if you find your cursor often unintentionally slipping across to other systems.

Key(s) must be held down to permit the cursor the transition to occur.

The cursor must be pressed against the side of the screen for a moment to cause a transition.

Requiring that the cursor is tapped twice on the side of the screen to transition to the next screen.

The left side of client screen and keep going until it re-appears on theįor transitions using the mouse, there are a variety of transition options that can be set: To switchīack to the Director system, simply reverse the process and move the cursor to Anything you now type will be sent to the client system. Right-side of the screen, it should disappear and re-appear on your client system Should be able to move your cursor to the right so that it goes beyond the

Not sure what side you've configured your client system on) then using your mouse you Now that Input Director is up and running and configured on your systems you're ready to start using it: 1.1 Transitioning between Systems using the MouseĪssuming you had configured your Client system as being to the right of your