Keyboard

Keyboard settings allow you to customize the keyboard shortcuts, layout, and input mode settings.

You can access the Keyboard settings in the following ways:

  • On the Citrix Workspace app home page, go to Account icon > Accounts > angle brackets Angle bracket and click Keyboard.
  • From the quick access menu of Citrix Workspace app, go to the Preferences icon Preferences > angle brackets Angle bracket and click Keyboard.
  • For the virtual desktop session, go to Show toolbar > Preferences icon Preferences > angle brackets Angle bracket and click Keyboard.
  • For the seamless app session, go to Citrix viewer > Preferences in the menu bar. Click angle brackets Angle bracket and then click Keyboard.

Note

Keyboard settings require a restart of the application for the changes to take effect.

Settings keyboard

Keyboard shortcuts

You can choose the preferred key on your Mac keyboard for the virtual sessions.

To set a preferred key for the control character, select any of the following options from the Send Control character using drop-down menu:

  • ^ control
  • command (left) or ^ control

To set a preferred key for the alt character, select any of the following options from the Send Alt character using drop-down menu:

  • command (left)
  • command (left) or - option

To send the Windows logo key using a command (Right) key on your Mac, enable Send WIndows logo key using Command (right).

You can send special keys unchanged by pressing a command (Left) key with special keys. To enable this feature, select Send special keys unchanged (press Command (left) for some keys).

Keyboard layout

To apply keyboard layout synchronization settings, select any of the following options from theKeyboard layout synchronization settings drop-down menu:

  • Sync only once - when session starts
  • Allow dynamic sync
  • Don’t sync

To show the remote language bar for the published application, select Show the remote language bar for the published applications.

Keyboard input mode

To choose keyboard input mode, select any of the following modes from the Keyboard input mode settings drop-down menu:

  • Unicode
  • Scancode

Note

The Scan code input mode is the recommended option for the Don’t sync setting.

Restore defaults

To restore to the default settings, click Restore Defaults at the bottom.

Keyboard