Session Tabs


SecureCRT allows you to display multiple sessions either in separate application windows or in one window using session tabs. You turn on tabs by selecting the Session Tabs option on the View menu or by enabling the Show session tabs option on the Global Options/Terminal/Appearance dialog.

When session tabs are enabled, a separate tab will be displayed for each open session. To display a new session tab, click on the Connect in Tab/Tile toolbar button or open the File menu and select Connect in Tab/Tile.... This will open the Connect in Tab/Tile dialog allowing you to select from a list of your existing sessions.

Note: You can still open sessions in separate windows by using the Connect button to start other sessions.

Tabs can be moved using drag-and-drop operations and can be closed by pressing COMMAND+W or the middle mouse button.

Tabs can be renamed by right-clicking on the name on the session tab and selecting Rename. The name change remains in effect until the tab is reused, until SecureCRT exits, or until the tab name is reset. Tabs names can be reset by right-clicking on the name on the session tab and selecting Reset Name. This resets the session name [The label assigned to a session. For example, a user might use "Accounting DB" as a session name for a session that connects to sales.mycompany.com.] back to the session's name or title specified in the Session Options dialog. After the name is reset, escape sequences will change the title again.

You can also "clone" a tabbed session by right-clicking on the session and selecting the Clone Session option or by opening the File menu and selecting the Clone Session option. This will create a session that is identical to the current session. If the original session is using the SSH2 protocol, the transport is shared and re-authentication is not needed. For other protocols or if the transport cannot be shared because of a resource shortage, authentication is required.

If a tabbed session was connected using Quick Connect, the Connect bar, or the command line, that session can be saved to the session database by right-clicking on the session tab and selecting Save Session.

When working with tabs, the first session always dictates geometry and font choices of the other sessions regardless of the actual settings for size and font in the other sessions. Tabs are automatically sized if they do not fit in the SecureCRT window.

Tab groups

You can create a new tab group by dragging a tab to the right side of the application window to create a vertical grouping or to the bottom to create a horizontal grouping.  There are also options on the Session Manager and tab context menus for working with tab groups.

SFTP sessions

If you have an SSH2 session open, you can also open an SSH file transfer protocol (SFTP) session using the same transport as the current SSH2 session. To do this, open the SecureCRT File menu and select the Connect SFTP Session option (you can also access this option from the right-click context menu). This will open a new tab or tiled session with a SFTP command line.

Drag-and-drop transfers are supported in the SFTP tab. Single or multiple files can be dragged from the Finder window into the SFTP tab, which cause a put command to be issued for the file(s).

SecureCRT also supports tab completion of command arguments on the SFTP command line. Begin typing a command and argument and then press the TAB key. SecureCRT will attempt to complete the argument(s) based on the available choices. If there are multiple choices, SecureCRT will display a list of possible options. You can choose from this list or continue typing until SecureCRT can identify the unique argument.

See SFTP Command-Line Options for a complete listing of available options.

 

Related Topics

  1. Switching Between Multiple Sessions