The Button Bar

 The Button Bar

The SecureCRT button bar is user-configurable row of buttons that you can use to quickly access frequently needed actions and commands. You can toggle the button bar display on or off by selecting or unselecting the Button Bar option on the View menu, or by selecting or unselecting the Show button bar option on the Terminal/Appearance/Window category of the Session Options dialog or the Terminal/Appearance category of the Global Options dialog.

The button bar assigned to the default session is used for all new and Quick Connect sessions. The default button bar is normally assigned to the default session, but this can be changed by editing the Default Session category in the Global Options dialog.

Note: The default button bar can be edited, but cannot be deleted.

To create a new button bar, right-click on any button in the button bar and select the New… option. This opens the New Button Bar dialog which allows you to add a named button bar to the global list of button bars available to SecureCRT. A button bar can be assigned to a session in the Terminal/Appearance/Window category of the Session Options dialog, or by selecting a different button bar in the button bar drop-down list while the session is active.

To assign an action to a button or edit its assignment, right-click on the button you want to assign or change, and choose the Configure… option. Clicking on an unassigned button also allows you to configure that button. Each button on a bar can be assigned one action. The list of actions available is the same as the list of actions available for keymap key assignments and includes Send String, Run Script, Menu, Scroll Bar, Telnet, SSH, and VT function genres.

You can also create a button that launches local commands. By assigning a button to the function Launch Application and entering the appropriate executable file, SecureCRT can open whatever application you need.

Note: Some actions might fail or be ignored if the active session is not connected or is in a state where the action cannot be performed.

To remove a button assignment in a button bar, right-click the button that you want to unassign and select Configure… from the context menu. Click on the Clear button on the Map Button dialog, and then select OK. A button that has no label and no assignment is considered unassigned.

To delete a button bar, select the button bar you want to delete in the button bar drop-down list (making it the active button bar for the session), right-click on any button, and choose the Delete… option.

Assignments of keys in keymaps and of buttons in button bars are independent of each other; i.e., assigning a key to an action does not affect any assignments or labels in button bars, but you can edit your keymap and button bars separately to have corresponding settings.