Menu path: Accessories > Application Launcher

With the Application Launcher, you can launch predefined sessions and device functions/tools. You are also given information regarding the device and the licenses used.

Further information can be found under Application Launcher.

The settings for starting the function are described below.

Session name: Name for the session.
The session name must not contain any of these characters: \ / : * ? “ < > | [ ] { } ( )

Starting Methods for Session

Start menu

☑ The session can be launched from the start menu.

Application Launcher

☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher.

Desktop

☑ The session can be launched with a program launcher on the desktop.

Quick start panel

☑ The session can be launched with the quick start panel.

Start menu's system tab

☑ The session can be launched with the start menu's system tab.

Application Launcher's system tab

☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher's system tab.

Desktop context menu

☑ The session can be launched with the desktop context menu.

Menu folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used in the start menu and in the desktop context menu.

Application Launcher folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used in the Application Launcher.

Desktop folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used for the program launcher on the desktop.

Password protection: Specifies which password will be requested when launching the session.
Possible values:
  • None: No password is requested when launching the session.
  • Administrator: The administrator password is requested when launching the session.
  • User: The user password is requested when launching the session.
  • Setup user: The setup user's password is requested when launching the session.

Hotkey

☑ The session can be started with a hotkey. A hotkey consists of one or more modifiers and a key.

Modifiers: A modifier or a combination of several modifiers for the hotkey. You can select a set key symbol/combination or your own key symbol/combination. A key symbol is a defined chain of characters, e.g. Ctrl.

Do not use [AltGr] as a modifier (represented as Mod5). Otherwise, the key that is configured as a hotkey with AltGr cannot be used as a regular key anymore. Example: If you configure [AltGr] + [E] as a hotkey, it is impossible to enter an "e".


These are the pre-defined modifiers and the associated key symbols:

  • (No modifier) = None
  •  = Shift
  • [Ctrl] = Ctrl

  •  = Mod4

    When this keyboard key is used as a modifier, it is represented as Mod4; when it is used as a key, it is represented as Super_L.

  • [Alt] = Alt

Key combinations are formed as follows with |:

  • Ctrl +  = Ctrl|Super_L

Key: Key for the hotkey
To enter a key that does not have a visible character, e. g. the [Tab] key, open a terminal, log on as user and enter xev -event keyboard. Press the key to be used for the hotkey. The text in brackets that begins with keysym contains the key symbol for the Key field. Example: Tab in (keysym 0xff09, Tab)

Autostart

☑ The session will be launched automatically when the device boots.

Restart

☑ The session will be relaunched automatically after the termination.

Autostart delay: Waiting time in seconds between the complete startup of the desktop and the automatic session launch.

Appliance mode access: Determines whether the session can be started in appliance mode. By default, appliance mode implies that one session is running on the device exclusively. For further information, see Appliance Mode.

☑ The session can be started in appliance mode. The following starting methods can be used in appliance mode:

  • Desktop (desktop icon; not in appliance mode XDMCP for this Display)
  • Desktop Context Menu (not in appliance mode XDMCP for this Display)
  • Application Launcher (includes Application Launcher's system tab; not in appliance mode XDMCP for this Display)
  • Hotkey
  • Autostart (not in appliance mode XDMCP for this Display)

☐ The session cannot be started in appliance mode.