Terminal

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

The Terminal category of the Session Options dialog allows you to configure general session options for the selected session.

Audio bell

Check this option to have SecureCRT emit an audible sound when a bell character is received. This option is on by default.

Visual bell

Check this option to have SecureCRT flash the session window when a bell character is received. This option is off by default.

Close on disconnect
To close a communication connection between a client and a server.

Check this option to have SecureCRT automatically close the session window after disconnecting from the remote machine. For tabbed and tiled sessions, the session will be closed but the application window will remain open unless the global option Exit when last session is disconnected is set.

Clear on disconnect

Check this option to have SecureCRT automatically clear the session window after disconnecting from the remote machine.

Auto reconnect

Check this option to automatically reconnect to a remote machine when a connection is terminated.

Jump scroll

When this option is off, each line is scrolled off the screen one at a time. When Jump Scroll is on, up to a full screen can be scrolled off the screen at once. When viewing a large volume of data from the remote host, turning on Jump Scroll can significantly enhance performance.

Minimize drawing (faster)

Checking this option speeds the scrolling process by not refreshing the screen as often.

Scroll to clear screen

Many applications send an escape sequence to clear the screen. When this option is turned on, the current screen's data is scrolled into the scrollback buffer prior to clearing the screen.

Scroll to bottom on output

Check this option to have SecureCRT automatically scroll to the bottom of the incoming data when new data is received, as long as the session is scrolled back less than a screen length.

Scroll to bottom on keypress

Check this option to have SecureCRT automatically scroll to the bottom of the incoming data when a key is pressed.

Mouse group

This group contains options that affect mouse behavior.

Shift forces local mouse operations

This option causes mouse operations to be local rather than remote when the SHIFT key is pressed. This option is on, by default.

Send scroll wheel events to remote

This option allows SecureCRT to scroll remote applications. This only works when you run a remote application that starts an alternate screen buffer. This applies to most applications such as Emacs, Vim, and Midnight Commander.

Position cursor on (left/ALT+left) click

This option allows you to enable or disable cursor positioning using either left-click or ALT+left-click mouse button action.

Anti-idle group

This group contains controls designed to prevent your connection from being closed due to a lack of network traffic between SecureCRT and the remote machine.

Send string n every n seconds

Check this box to send a string to the remote machine on a regular basis.

· Enter the string that you want to send in the Send string entry box. Strings can contain commands or other information. For a listing of special octal and escape codes that can be included as part of the sent string, see the table of "ASCII Control Codes" and the table of "Send String and Function Key Commands" in the SecureCRT Help system.

· Enter how often you want the string sent in the associated every n seconds entry box. The default value for this option is 300 seconds.

Send protocol NO-OP every n seconds

Check this box to send a NO-OP instruction to the remote machine on a regular basis.

· Enter how often you want the NO-OP sent in the associated every n seconds entry box. The default value for this option is 60 seconds.

Note: Sending NO-OP instructions is only available for SSH2
The second version of the SSH protocol which provides a way to encrypt network traffic between a client and a server, with a slightly different set of security features (including SFTP) than the SSH1 protocol provides. and Telnet sessions.

Selection group

Set word delimiter characters

By default, SecureCRT uses all non-alphanumeric characters (except underscore) as word delimiters when selecting an entire "word" with a double-click action as described in "Selecting Text in the Terminal Window" in the SecureCRT Help system. You can modify the word delimiter characters by entering your personal word delimiter characters in this entry box. Do not separate the entries with spaces or any other character.