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
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Hi,
Any chance of the "Locked Screen" mode on Android/Kindle Fire?
I am trying to control a program on my Mac that has on-screen faders (vertical sliders) and it is annoying that the screen keeps scrolling out of the way when I get to the end of the fader, but if I resize the view to use less area they are hard to control.
@Simon - it's actually exactly like the iPad's 'Pen mode' - the only difference is you can see the mouse pointer.
Btw guys - we've implemented right click drag + middle click + middle click drag in the latest Jump Desktop 5.5 release.
@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 .
Is there the option to hide the mouse cursor in the IPHONE version?
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.
Damn, I need full touch control like in the Ipad app , No mouse,pointer and just pure touch control
Is it much programming to pass the option to disable it?
hi, just got the jump desktop everything going well exept my full screen icon on top right does not work.
@Tim thanks for the suggestion. We'll look into adding tap-to-click.
(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?
@Eric can you tell me a little more about the 'Auto screen size' option? What does it do?
Thanks.
@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).
Just found a PC application that will hide the Mouse pointer, so hopefully this will sort what I need in the interim
@Eric thanks for the explanation - this helps. We'll look into this. Generally we've seen that Jump's default (Portrait) is most appropriate for most RDP setups. Thats said, we're also exploring 'on the fly' resolution changes with RDP connections which will let you switch from landscape to portrait (it will require a disconnect and reconnect, but Jump will automatically do that for you).
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
Hi, I have found that Siri Dictation does not work with your app, but it does with iTap application. Copy Paste is enabled in my settings, let me know if there is some secret way to enable that feature. If I open a text doc on RDP server, and open the keyboard, and use the Mic button, no text is passed to the text box. Thanks
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
Can we please have the Input Choices That are offered in the IPAD App for the IPHONE and Android App? Pretty Please?
using iPad and Jump Desktop to RDP into my MacBook. MacBook has OpenVPN (not available for iOS) which is needed to link into work server. Jump works great except right click feature. When running an application like GE's Centricity, the right click gestures flash the blue ring (from a double tap or long hold) but it does not perform the right click function.
Anyway you could just add a button to the top (maybe in place of one of the two keyboard buttons) to perform right click function?
With touchPad mode for android you'll be the greatest !!!!
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