The X Manager Interface
The X Manager interface includes a navigation pane on the left, and a definition pane on the right.
Navigation pane
As you work with the navigation pane, you can:
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Click a definition to view and/or modify its settings in the definition pane on the right.
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Right-click a definition to display a menu of available actions.
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Select a definition and move it using the up and down arrow icons next to the section title.
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Drag and drop a definition to move it within a section.
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Drag an X client or XDMCP definition onto a session definition to start it with that session.
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Drag an X client or XDMCP definition onto a launch group definition to add it to that launch group.
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Sort definitions in a section alphabetically using the sort icon .
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Show and hide sections using the expand and contract icons.
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Hide sections, or change the order in which they appear, using File > Preferences > Section Visibility.
Option | Description |
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X Clients | Configuration information for starting an X client application. The application runs on a remote host using the command you configure in the client definition. A session must be running to manage the display on your computer. You can specify a default session to start automatically when you start the client. |
XDMCP Connections | Configuration information for using XDMCP to display a remote Linux desktop on your computer. An X terminal desktop session must be running to manage this display on your computer. You can specify a default session to start automatically when you start the XDMCP connection. |
Launch Groups | Enables you to start multiple X clients and/or XDMCP connections as a group. Add definitions to the group using the launch group definition pane, or by dragging and dropping X client and XDMCP definitions onto the launch group definition name. |
Session Definitions | A combination of settings that affect how Reflection X manages and displays your connections. You can associate a default session definition with each of your X clients (including XDMCP connections), or configure these definitions to prompt you for a session name when you start the client. If the associated session is not already running, Reflection X starts the session when you start the client. |
Offered Sessions | (X Manager for Domains only). This item is visible if another domain user has added you as an allowed user to a running session. |
Definition pane
As you work in the definition pane, note the following:
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As you make edits, observe that there are no OK or Apply buttons your changes are automatically saved.
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You can edit the sample definitions and any additional definitions you have created. If you are running X Manager for Domains, you may also see public definitions created by an administrator and shared to domain users. You cannot edit these definitions.
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Running sessions appear under the session definition. Click on a running session to view session status information in the definition pane.
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Changes you make to a session definition while a session is running do not take effect until the session is stopped and restarted.
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Hover over a setting to view a tooltip with information about that setting. For additional information about the current definition pane, click the help icon.
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