Keyboard shortcuts
Every shortcut PluggedDesk answers to. The same list is in the application, under Help.
Every shortcut shown beside a menu entry is one the window answers to. The list is also in the application: Help › Keyboard Shortcuts.
Finding and opening
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| Ctrl K | Search everything |
| Ctrl L | Quick connect |
| Ctrl F | Filter the connections in the Explorer |
| Enter | Open the selected connection |
The window
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| Ctrl B | Show or hide the side bar |
| Ctrl Shift E | Explorer |
| Ctrl Shift F | Search |
| F11, or Ctrl Alt Break from inside a session | Full screen |
| Esc | Close the menu, the dialog or the palette that is open |
| Alt F4 | Exit |
Tabs and groups
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| Ctrl W or Ctrl F4 | Close the tab |
| Ctrl \ | Split right |
| Ctrl Tab, Ctrl Shift Tab | Next tab, previous tab |
| Ctrl 1 to Ctrl 4 | Go to the first, second, third, fourth group |
| Ctrl Alt →, ← | Move the tab into the next group, the previous group |
| Enter | Give the keyboard to the session in front |
A pinned tab is not closed by Ctrl W. With the mouse: right-click a tab for its menu, double-click it to give its group the whole window, hold Ctrl while dragging it to copy instead of move, and press Esc to give a drag up. See Tabs and groups.
Sessions
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| F5 | Reconnect |
| Ctrl Alt End | Send Ctrl+Alt+Del to the remote computer |
| Ctrl Alt Home | Take the keyboard back from the session |
The workspace
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| Ctrl N | New computer in the selected folder, or new connection on the selected computer |
| Ctrl Shift N | New folder |
| Insert | The same as Ctrl N, in the tree |
| F2 | Edit |
| Delete | Delete |
| Alt Enter | Properties |
When a session has the keyboard
While you are typing into a session, keys go to the remote computer, these shortcuts included. That is what makes Alt Tab and the Windows key work there, and why Ctrl W closes the remote browser's tab and not your session.
Three combinations are PluggedDesk's even then: Ctrl Alt Home takes the keyboard back, Ctrl Alt Break is full screen, and Ctrl Alt End sends Ctrl+Alt+Del to the remote computer.
To get the shortcuts back, press Ctrl Alt Home or click outside the session: the Explorer, the title bar. Clicking a tab gives the keyboard to that tab's session.