General

The General category of the Global Options dialog allows you to configure general SecureFX options.

Dialogs group

This group contain options that control the display of optional dialogs. These dialogs are displayed by default.

Show connection closed dialog

Check this option to display a connection
A data path or circuit between two computers over a phone line, network cable, or other media. closed message when the connection is closed.

Show confirm disconnect dialog

Check this option to display a message asking for confirmation before disconnecting .

Show connect dialog on startup

Check this option to display the Connect dialog on startup of SecureFX.

Save expanded folder state in connect dialog

Check this option to have SecureFX remember the state (expanded or collapsed) of folders in the Connect dialog.

New session uses wizard

Enabling this option causes the New Session toolbar button in the Connect dialog to start the New Session wizard. Disabling this option causes this button to open the Session Options dialog instead. This option is enabled by default.

Use dockable Session Manager

Check this option to use the Session Manager for managing sessions. Uncheck this option to use the Connect dialog for managing sessions.

View group

This group includes options that allow you to show or hide components of the SecureFX application window. To turn off any of these options, clear the associated check box. The available options are as follows:

Show toolbar

Show status bar

Mac options group

This group includes options specific to the Mac OS X platform.

Use Keychain

Check this option to save session passwords to the Mac Keychain rather than encrypted in SecureFX's configuration files.

Disable App Nap to allow background processing

Check this option so that background processing, such as anti-idle, continues when SecureFX does not have focus.

Sessions group

This group includes options that deal with SecureFX sessions. The available options are as follows:

Connect dialog sort order

Select the method by which you want to sort the entries listed in the session tree of the Connect dialog. Sessions can be sorted alphabetically (i.e., A1, A10, A2, B), logically (i.e., A1, A2, A10, B), or manually. This option can also be controlled from the Connect dialog's Arrange Tree context menu option. See also Arranging Entries in the Connect Dialog.

Recently used session list

This option allows you to configure the number of sessions listed in the Recently Used Session section of the File menu. The Recently Used Session list displays a list of sessions that have recently been used to connect to a remote machine. The default value is 4.

Note: Entering a value of 0 (zero) in the Recently used session list entry box will disable the list in the File menu and clear the list of all entries.