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iPad: Input methods
Jump Desktop Support
posted this on October 01, 2010 15:18
Jump Desktop on the iPad has several controls that are useable in all input modes.
- Keyboard toggle
- Disconnect
- Show/hide the menubar
- Zoom out so the whole desktop is displayed
- Gesture settings
- Keyboard toggle
There is also a seventh icon that appears on the menubar when your iPad is connected to VGA display.
Jump Desktop on the iPad has three ways to input mouse gestures.
STANDARD
Standard uses the basic elements associated with a traditional multi-touch user interface: pinch or spread two points to zoom in or out and tap to click. Because Jump Desktop is a remote desktop client, and most desktop displays are quite a bit larger than iPad's display, there are some additional things to know to efficiently work remotely:
| click | tap |
| double click | double tap |
| right click | long tap or two finger tap |
| left mouse drag | 2 quick taps and drag (don't lift your finger up after the 2nd tap - like on a trackpad) |
| scroll wheel | two finger vertical swipe |
| zoom | pinch |
| quickly show or hide keyboard | three-finger tap |
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Tap and slide inside the circle for precision mouse positioning and clicking. |
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Show the Keyboard where you can access arrows, a number pad, function keys, and other auxiliary keys. (More on Keyboard input and special key combinations) |
LOCKED SCREEN
Locked Screen mode disables zooming, and locks the whole desktop in place. Here are the functions that work in Locked Screen mode:
| click | tap |
| double click | double tap |
| right click | long tap or two finger tap |
| left mouse drag | 2 quick taps and drag (don't lift your finger up after the 2nd tap - like on a trackpad) |
| scroll wheel | two finger vertical swipe |
| quickly show or hide keyboard | three-finger tap |
| Pan around the desktop | three-finger swipe |
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Tap and slide inside the circle for precision mouse positioning and clicking. |
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Show the Keyboard where you can access arrows, a number pad, function keys, and other auxiliary keys. (More on Keyboard input and special key combinations) |
PEN
In Pen mode, movement of the mouse cursor is done with the equivalent of the left mouse button held down, as though you've triggered a left mouse drag. You may find this input mode more useful coupled with a capacitance pen for finer-grained control over the location of the mouse cursor. The following functions work in Pen mode:
| click | tap |
| double click | double tap |
| right click | long tap or two finger tap |
| scroll wheel | two finger vertical swipe |
| zoom | pinch |
| quickly show or hide keyboard | three-finger tap |
| Pan around the desktop | three-finger swipe (works in both RDP and VNC mode) |
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Show the Keyboard where you can access arrows, a number pad, function keys, and other auxiliary keys. (More on Keyboard input and special key combinations) |
Note: The Mouse Circle for precision mousing is off by default in this mode, however it can be turned back on if desired.
Comments
it's not working. i see the screen i can move the mouse on my i pad but its not letting me open anything or click anything....keyboard isn't doing anything neither
There is no right click drag? that would be very helpful for the software I use and Windows in general. A great addition would be a small mouse icon on the screen and you could use that instead of the circle (obviously with an option to go between the two).
@James: Can you please open up a support ticket? This might be related to a VNC server issue we're currently tracking. Also, if anyone else sees a similar problem please open up a ticket by emailing support@jumpdesktop.com
@Mark: No right click drag at this point. We'll add this in a future update - along with middle button drag.
Hi, i connected my iPhone 4 to my laptop with no problems. This is using a gmail account. All I would like to know is: How do I connect and use my iPhone and see everything change on the laptop?
Because everytime I connect on the phone the Laptop locks. Do I need to change a setting?
Thank you
@Hennie, you need to enable Jump's 'screen sharing' mode. Try re-running the Configuration Wizard:
@JC Thanks for the suggestion - we'll look into trackpad mode (we know exactly what you're talking about). Thought, I'd like to clarify the current mouse implementation though: You don't need to keep your finger inside the circle to control the mouse - the mouse follows your taps and unlike trackpad mode, you can tap directly at the screen element you want to manipulate (i.e tapping a button or dragging an icon). Incase you haven't already take a look at this short video to see how to control the mouse with Jump Desktop: http://support.jumpdesktop.com/entries/156806 .
I love your app, but I have a suggestion. It would be great if you could add functionality to allow a user to use their iPhone (connected to their iPad via Bluetooth) as a trackpad. Check out the Citrix Receiver app - this function is really helpful. I'd love to see that functionality in Jump Desktop as well! Cheers
@Will Thanks for the suggestion - this is a common suggestion. We're making some infrastructure changes in our code that'll allow us to implement this feature in a future release. Please hang on.
@Carlos - this is a really, really specific scenario. So far you're the only one who's asked for this. We'd need a few more people to request this feature before we can actually do this.
@Seonghoon - Thanks for the suggestion. Look for this in the next update (right now the current version is 4.0.5 - you'll see this in our next release major release).
Hi, certainly the best RDP app out there, just need one more feature for iPad stylus pen usage, please add popup palmrest to block out palm as I've seen other programs do. I use for product for medical records and really need this feature, thanks
Can we please have the Input Choices That are offered in the IPAD App for the IPHONE and Android App? Pretty Please?
@Clifford - we'll look into this.
@Simon - Added to our Android todo list. Is there a specific input method you want to see on? Is it the pen / stylus input method?
@ Jump Desktop Support - Specificall the Pen type input method .. I am using this to control Volume faders in some software that turns volumes um and down in venues. In Pen input mode in the Ipad, this works perfectly, just touch and drag. Would love this input option in the Android and Iphone app
@Simon - thanks for outlining your scenario. Added this to our todo list. Hang on :-)
Is there any way to get at all the three finger if not also the four finger lion gestures on the iPad VNC? App switching, launchpad, etc.
Also horizontal scrolling doesnt seem to work (two fingers sideways).. it only scrolls vertically (mouse wheel)
Is there the option to hide the mouse cursor in the IPHONE version?
@Simon - the iPhone version has an option to hide the circle underneath the mouse, not the mouse pointer.
Damn, I need full touch control like in the Ipad app , No mouse,pointer and just pure touch control
@Simon - it's actually exactly like the iPad's 'Pen mode' - the only difference is you can see the mouse pointer.
Is it much programming to pass the option to disable it?
(Fixed the spelling mistake for you)
We'll add it to the feature list. Though, it'll only hide the mouse cursor and not actually effect any functionality. Are you sure you're not expecting different functionality?
Just found a PC application that will hide the Mouse pointer, so hopefully this will sort what I need in the interim