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Jump Desktop on the iPad has several controls that are useable in all input modes.

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  1. Keyboard toggle
  2. Disconnect
  3. Show/hide the menubar
  4. Zoom out so the whole desktop is displayed
  5. Gesture settings
  6. 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.

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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)
keyboard.png
 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.

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    Eric Robishaw
    This app rocks. I have been struggling with PocketCloud Pro, and though I prefer their pointer implementation, you two finger scroll and especially your MUCH better connectivity rock. I do wish,you,had an Auto screen size option.
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    Tim McCleary
    I've tried several RDP and VNC applications, and this is the first one that has felt comfortable to me. I'm mainly using Jump on a Samsung Galaxy S3, and on an Asus Infinity with the keyboard dock. The only feature I'm missing is the ability to tap-to-click on the touchpad. Is there a setting I'm just not seeing? Other than that minor wish, I'm totally satisfied with your app. I liked it so much that I upgraded to the paid version!
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    Jump Desktop Support

    @Tim thanks for the suggestion. We'll look into adding tap-to-click. 

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    Jump Desktop Support

    @Eric can you tell me a little more about the 'Auto screen size' option? What does it do?

    Thanks.

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    Eric Robishaw
    Auto screen size... Sets the host desktop size to the clients screen size. If you connect while in portrait the screen adjusts vs logging in landscape.
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    Jump Desktop Support

    @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).

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    A B
    Love the iPad app! Would love it even better with a trackpad mode. Thanks!
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    Леонид Алимпиев

    With touchPad mode for android you'll be the greatest !!!!

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    Am Jam
    What's the best resolution for iPad4 with windows 8 with multi touch? I want retina looking windows 8 experience Tis an awesome app to do this. Thank you!
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    Jeremy Suttin
    Love this app!!! I'm having a blash using Adobe Illustrator on my iPad. The only thing is I wish I could use my iPhone as a trackpad.
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    tommie berry
    To use Solidworks on my pc, I need to be able to press the middle mouse button and scroll the wheel. This is used to rotate the image you are viewing. This is the only think keeping me from traveling with my iPad and leaving my laptop home .Also CNTRL-middle press and scroll is used for zoom. It would be better for me if you supported a Bluetooth mouse with 3 buttons and a scroll. I would pay you $100 for that software enhancement and I will buy my own mouse. Not having a mouse, keeps the iPad down, in my opinion.
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    Johfla32
    I have just discovered that by swiping the top row of function keys on the keyboard the Fn keys appear. This is perfect for my use case. I cannot speak highly enough of this app. An iPhone as a track pad will be icing on Alan already very tasty cake. Keep up the good work guys.
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    Drew
    Right click drag would be a BIG help for me. I just switched from Logmein since they are limiting the number of computers you can have. I originally went with them because of the ability to right click drag. I noticed there was a comment above about adding it a while ago. Am I missing something? Can you please help me understand how to right click?
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    Jump Desktop Support

    Btw guys - we've implemented right click drag + middle click + middle click drag in the latest Jump Desktop 5.5 release.

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    JP Rivas

    Using just the RDP protocol, connecting to my mac (using my iPAD) the scroll does not work.

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    Frank D. Engel, Jr.

    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.

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    Michael Hill

    hi,  just got the jump desktop everything going well exept my full screen icon on top right does not work.

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