SecureCRT Icon  Connect Dialog


The Connect dialog allows you to connect to a defined session [A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts.] or to create and connect to a new session.

The Connect dialog can be accessed by clicking on Connect... in the File menu, by clicking on the Connect button on the SecureCRT toolbar, or by entering the keyboard shortcut COMMAND+C.

From the Connect dialog, you can connect to multiple sessions and folders. You can also select and edit multiple sessions from the Connect dialog; only the changed fields will be applied to the selected sessions, allowing specific settings to be changed for a group of sessions.  When editing multiple sessions, SecureCRT will display the first session that was selected.

The toolbar on the Connect dialog provides quick access to the following actions:

Button

Description

The Connect Button

Connect (Connect dialog):  Connects to selected session.

The Quick Connect Button

Quick Connect:  Brings up the Quick Connect dialog.

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New Session (Connect dialog): Opens the Session Options dialog for a new session.

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Cut: Copies the selected session or folder to the clipboard. When it is pasted, the session or folder is moved to the new location.

The Copy Button

Copy: Copies the selected session or folder to the clipboard. The session name is also placed on the clipboard for pasting outside of the Session Manager or Connect dialog.

The Paste Button

Paste: Pastes a session or folder that was previously cut or copied into the specified folder.

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Delete: Deletes the selected sessions and/or folders.

The Properties Button

Properties: Opens the Session Options dialog for the selected session.

Find: Searches the contents of the session tree for a given string. The accelerator for this command is CTRL+F, and pressing the F3 key will result in a "find next" operation.

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New Folder: Creates a new folder in the folder tree list.

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Create Desktop Shortcut: Creates a desktop shortcut to the selected session.

Below the toolbar is a filter box. As text is typed into the filter box, the session list is updated to include only the items that match the text. To include only folders in the filtered sessions, type "/" after text in the filter box. Partial matches are supported. For example, if "Rout/" is typed in the filter box, a folder named "MyRouters" and all of its contents would be included in the filtered session list.

Organized in a folder tree arrangement, the list window of the Connect dialog lists the sessions that have been defined.

The Connect dialog also contains the following options:

Show dialog on startup

Check this box to have the Connect dialog displayed whenever SecureCRT starts.

Open in a tab (if you are in tab mode)

Opens the selected session(s) in a tab in the SecureCRT window. If this option is checked and there is a session open, the selected item(s) will be opened in the current window. If this option is unchecked and there is a session open, the selected item(s) will be opened as tabs in a new window.

Open in a tiled window (if you are in tiled mode)

Opens the selected session(s) in a tiled session in the SecureCRT window. If this option is checked and there is a session open, the selected item(s) will be opened in the current window. If this option is unchecked and there is a session open, the selected item(s) will be opened as tiled sessions in a new window.

Connect

Press this button to connect to the session selected in the session window.

Close

Press this button to close the Connect dialog.

If you are sharing your SecureCRT and SecureFX configuration settings, you can control whether or not you see both the terminal emulation and file transfer sessions in your SecureCRT Connect dialog by right-clicking in the session list and toggling the Show Transfer Sessions option.

 

Related Topics

  1. Connecting with the Connect Dialog
  2. Connection Overview