Terminal / Appearance / Window

This category only appears if VanDyke Software's SecureCRT® 5.0 (or newer) is also installed.

The Appearance/Window category of the Session Options dialog allows you to configure the appearance of the window for selected session. To turn off any of these options, clear the associated check box.

Note: The check boxes for the features in this category can be set to one of three states.

· No check mark -- Do not show the feature for this session.

· Check mark -- Show the feature for this session.

· Solid square -- Accept the global setting for this feature.

Show Command window

Check this option if you want to show the Command window.

The SecureCRT Command window provides an interface to the remote command line that is unaffected by concurrent output to the terminal screen. The Command window is useful for issuing subsequent commands. While waiting for the output of a previous command to complete, you can prepare the next command by typing it into the Command window. The contents of the Command window are sent to the command line as soon as the ENTER key is pressed in the Command window.

You can prepare multiple lines in the Command window with CTRL+ENTER.

SecureCRT will remember the number of recently used Command window commands that are specified in the Command window history option of the Global Options/Terminal/Appearance dialog. You can cycle through these commands using your UP and DOWN arrow keys. Entering a 0 for the Command window history will turn off this feature.

If you want to send commands to all your open sessions at once, right-click in the Command window and select the Send Commands to All Tabs option. Commands will be sent to all your sessions as long as this option is enabled,

Show horizontal scroll bar

Check this option if you want to show the horizontal scroll bar.

Show vertical scroll bar

Check this option if you want to show the vertical scroll bar.

Show button bar

Check this option if you want to show the button bar in the current session. You can also select which button bar you want to display from the drop-down list.

Disable resize

Check this option if you want to disable manual resizing of the session window.

Session window always on top

Check this option to keep the session window in front or "on top" of other windows on your screen.

Title bar

Check this option if you want to change the title displayed in the title bar of your session. Enter the alternate title in the associated entry box. You can also use the following variables which will be expanded when SecureCRT writes to the title bar.

%H - hostname

%S - session name

%U - username

%I - IP address
Every site that is reachable on the Internet must have a valid IP, or Internet Protocol,address. An IP address should be entered as four numbers separated by period (.) characters (for example: 198.105.232.1). (session must be fully authenticated for the IP address to appear in the title bar)

%P - port

Note: It is possible for some remote systems to change the title bar text by sending an escape sequence. If you want these escape sequences to be ignored, set the Ignore window title change requests option found in the Terminal / Emulation / Advanced category.

You can also use the commands listed in the "Send String & Function Commands" topic of the SecureCRT Help system.

Initial position

If you want this session window to always open in the same screen position, enter that position's x,y pixel location coordinates.

Note: If negative values are used for x or y, the initial position will be the offset from the right or bottom, respectively. In a dual monitor configuration, negative initial position values will be honored.

You can also change the window's initial position by following these steps:

1. In the Session Options dialog, open the Terminal/Appearance/Window category.

2. Be sure that the Initial position option is not selected.

3. Click on the OK button at the bottom of the Session Options dialog.

4. Move the session window to the preferred default position.

5. Open the Options menu and select Session Options...

6. In the Session Options dialog, click on the Terminal/Appearance/Window category.

7. Check the Initial position option check box.

8. Click on the OK button at the bottom of the Session Options dialog.

After completing these steps, the SecureCRT window will now be placed in the location specified each time you connect with the session.