SecureCRT Icon  Command Manager


The dockable Command Manager lets you quickly access frequently needed user-defined commands. These commands can be organized by saving them in user-created folders. The Command Manager pane can be positioned on the left, right, top, or bottom of the SecureCRT window or undocked as a modeless dialog. To change the location, make sure the Command Manager is pinned and then drag it by the toolbar to the desired location.

The toolbar on the Command Manager provides quick access to the following actions:

Button

Description

Send: Sends the selected command to the currently active session.

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New Command: Opens the Command Properties dialog.

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Cut: Copies the selected command to the clipboard. When it is pasted, the command is moved to the new location in the Command Manager.

The Copy Button

Copy: Copies the selected command to the clipboard. A copied command can be added to a button bar by right-clicking anywhere in the button bar and selecting Paste Command.

The Paste Button

Paste: Pastes a command that was previously cut or copied into the specified folder. To paste a button from the button bar, right-click on a button in the button bar and select Copy Button. To paste an entire button bar into the Command Manager, click in the empty space in the button bar and select Copy Button Bar. Then right-click on a folder in the Command Manager and select Paste Button Bar. The button bar will be pasted into the selected folder with the button bar name as the folder name.

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Delete: Deletes the selected command or folder.

The Properties Button

Properties: Opens the Command Properties dialog for the selected command.

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New Folder: Creates a new folder in the folder tree list.

Below the toolbar is the command filter bar, which allows the folder tree list to be filtered. As characters are typed in the filter bar, the folder tree will be modified to show only commands that match the text. If you would like folders to be included when filtering, press "/" after typing any number of characters (substrings are matched).

To send commands to multiple sessions, right-click on a command in the Command Manager and choose one of the following from the Send Commands to pull-right menu:

Generate/BULLET.gif     All Sessions - Send commands to all your open sessions at once.

Generate/BULLET.gif     Selected Tab Group(s) - Send commands to one or more tab groups. This setting is automatically selected when you right-click on a tab and enable Send Commands to This Group. When commands are being sent to selected tab groups, the tabs of the sessions that commands will be sent to contain an asterisk in front of the session name.

Generate/BULLET.gif     Visible Sessions - Send commands to all visible tabbed sessions. When there are multiple tab groups, commands will be sent to the currently active session in each tab group.

Additionally, commands can be sent to all connected tabbed/tiled sessions by pressing SHIFT+<double click> on a command in the Command Manager.