Menu path: Setup > Sessions > Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp > HDX/ICA Global > Keyboard

On the Keyboard page, you can define alternative key combinations for hotkeys commonly used during ICA sessions. In MS Windows for example, the key combination [Alt]+[F4] closes the current window. This key combination works in ICA sessions too. All key combinations with [Alt] which are not used by the X Window Manager function in the familiar way during an ICA session.

The following settings can be configured:

  • Keyboard Layout: default is pre-populated but you can also select a country-specific layout. Default means that the local keyboard setting will be used in ICA too.
  • Input language: The default preset uses the local keyboard setting in ICA too. Otherwise, the set layout will be enabled in ICA sessions.
  • Mapping Ctrl+Alt+End to Ctrl+Alt+Del for Citrix sessions: The user can use the familiar combination [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[End ]to change the password instead of [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del ]when the corresponding prompt message appears.
  • Keyboard Mapping File: You can choose between two alternatives.
    • generic: Sends language-independent scancodes from the keyboard to the computer.
    • linux: Sends language-specific scancodes.

The key alternatives are restricted to [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Key] by default. However, you can change the settings by clicking on the hotkey modifier drop-down field and/or hotkey symbol for the relevant key combination.

  • Possible keys: [F1] – [F12] , [Plus], [Minus], [Tab]
  • Possible modifiers: [Shift], [Ctrl], [Alt], [Alt]+[Ctrl], [Alt]+[Shift], [Ctrl]+[Shift]