Enabling quick input of text to the target screen

About this task

When you need to enter text onto the target screen, for example, to type in a path name or command, or to add some text to a file, use the Quick text input box to type in the full text required. Press Enter to send the text to the target system. This option is available only when local input is enabled. When you select Quick text input box, a text input box opens each time you press a key. You can use this function to compensate for differences in controller and target keyboard layouts. For example, the controller may have an English keyboard and the target may have a French keyboard. To use the Quick text input box function complete the following steps :

Procedure

  1. Click Controller tools.
  2. Select Quick text input box.
  3. In the session window, click where you want to enter the text and press the key of the first character that you want to enter.

Results

The quick text input box appears. There are three ways that you can continue to input the required text
Type text and enter
to type the required text and press Enter. The text is input into the target screen.
Type text and assign it to favorites list
to keep a list of commonly used text strings as favorites. Each of these is stored in a slot assigned a number from 0 to 9. To assign a text string to the favorites list complete the following steps:
  • Type the required text and press CTRL+SHIFT+n. Where n is a number from 0 to 9. For example CTRL+SHIFT+2.
  • Press ENTER.
The text is assigned to the slot defined by the number entered.
Note: The favorites list is only maintained for the duration of the session.
Retrieve previously entered text
to retrieve previously typed strings. The input box keeps a history of the recently typed text. You can do this in two ways.
Cycle through the text strings
to cycle through any previously typed text strings by clicking the UP or DOWN arrow keys.
Retrieve a string from the favorites
to retrieve a string from the favorites list by clicking CTRL+n, where n is the number of the slot that the string was assigned to when it was assigned to favorites. For example, clicking CTRL+2 will retrieve the string that was saved to slot 2. Press ENTER to send the text to the target.
Note:
  1. Quick text input injects Unicode strings and is also intended to help when typing text when the connection is slow.
  2. The text input box is invisible to the target.