Terminal / Tabs/Tiling


The Terminal/Tabs/Tiling category of the Global Options dialog allows you to configure the look and behavior of tabs and tiled session windows in SecureCRT. Some options only apply to tabs. See below for information about which options apply to both tabs and tiled sessions.

Appearance group

This group allows you to set the appearance of the tabs in SecureCRT.

Connected

Clicking on this tab when the Show status indicators option is set to Background colors or Color rectangles, allows you to choose the color displayed for connected sessions.

Disconnected

Clicking on this tab when the Show status indicators option is set to Background colors or Color rectangles, allows you to choose the color displayed for disconnected sessions.

New Input

Clicking on this tab when the Show status indicators option is set to Background colors or Color rectangles, allows you to choose the color displayed for sessions that have received new input.

Inactivity

Clicking on this tab when the Show status indicators option is set to Background colors or Color rectangles, allows you to choose the color displayed for sessions that have been inactive for longer than the number of seconds specified below in the Show inactivity status after option.

Locked

Clicking on this tab when the Show status indicators option is set to Background colors or Color rectangles, allows you to choose the color displayed for sessions that have been locked.

Show status indicators

This option allows you to select how status indicators are displayed on the tabs: icons, background colors, or colored rectangles. Icons are always shown when sessions are tiled. When colored rectangles are selected, the pixel width of the rectangles can be specified.

Show new input status

When this option is set, the tab or tile status indicator will indicate that there is new input when the session receives new input and it is not the active tab or tile.

Show inactivity status after n seconds

Enter the number of seconds after which the session will be considered inactive. The range is 1 to 999 seconds; the default is 5. This option is also used by tiled sessions. A session is considered inactive if text was being output and then the output stops for the specified number of seconds. This is useful for being able to tell if a command or script has finished.

Show script running status

When this option is set, if a script is running in a session, the tab or tile status indicator will indicate that a script is running.

Tab width

The tab width options are:

Generate/BULLET.gif     Fit to label - This option makes the tab width the exact size needed for the tab label to fit.

Generate/BULLET.gif     Specific size - This option makes the tab width the number of pixels specified.

Generate/BULLET.gif     Divide evenly - This option makes the tabs fill the tab bar completely, splitting the space evenly between them.

Minimum

This option can only be used with Fit to label and Divide evenly. With Fit to label, if a minimum value is set and there are more tabs open than fit on the tab bar, each tab will be made the width of the tab label or the specified minimum value, whichever is smaller. With Divide evenly, if a minumum value is set and there are more tabs open than fit on the tab bar, each tab will be made the specified minimum value.

Note: In this case, where tab names are truncated, you can view the full name in a tooltip by hovering your pointer over the tab name.

Options group

This group allows you to set the behavior of tabs in your system.

Double-click action

This option allows you to choose the action taken when you double-click on a tab. The actions include the following:

Generate/BULLET.gif    Close Tab - Disconnects the tab's session and closes the tab.

Generate/BULLET.gif    Clone Tab - Creates a new session that is identical to the tab's session and opens it in a new tab.

Generate/BULLET.gif    Clone Tab in New Window - Creates a new session that is identical to the tab's session and opens it in a new window.

Generate/BULLET.gif    Send Tab to New Window - Removes the tab from the current window and moves it into a new window.

Generate/BULLET.gif    Reconnect Tab - Reconnects the tab's session if it is disconnected.

Note: For tiled sessions, double-clicking maximizes the session.

Tab location

This option allows you to choose the placement of the tabs, either at the top or the bottom of the window.

Confirm when closing multiple tabbed or tiled sessions

Select this option to have SecureCRT alert you when you are closing more than one tab or tiled session (for example, if you close a window containing more than one open session).  If the option Show confirm disconnect dialog is checked, SecureCRT will always alert you if one or more sessions is open.

Only show tabs when there are more than one

Select this option to only have tabs displayed when there are multiple tabs.

CTRL+TAB switches to most recently used tab or tiled session

Instructs SecureCRT to apply this operation to the stated keystrokes.

ALT+N switches to the Nth tabbed or tiled session

This option allows you to specify whether pressing ALT+N switches to the Nth tabbed or tiled session or the ALT+N should be passed through to the remote system.

Reuse disconnected tabs

When opening a new session, this option instructs SecureCRT to reuse the currently selected tab if it is disconnected. This option is enabled by default. This option is also used by tiled sessions.

Append (n) to session name when connecting to same session

This option allows you to specify whether or not "(n)" should be appended to the tabbed or tiled 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.] when another connection to a session that is already open is made.