User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Mac
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Mac
- Setup and Installation
- System Requirements for Mac Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Touch ID Authentication Requirements
- Requirements for Using URL Content Redirection
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Install Horizon Client on Mac
- Upgrade Horizon Client Online
- Add Horizon Client to Your Dock
- Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users
- Configure Advanced TLS/SSL Options
- Configuring Log File Collection Values
- Configure VMware Blast Options
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Setting the Certificate Checking Mode for Horizon Client
- Configure Horizon Client to Select a Smart Card Certificate
- Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application
- Share Access to Local Folders and Drives
- Clicking URL Links That Open Outside of Horizon Client
- Open a Recent Remote Desktop or Application
- Connecting to a Server When Horizon Client Starts
- Configure Horizon Client to Forget the Server User Name and Domain
- Hide the VMware Horizon Client Window
- Configure Keyboard Shortcut Mappings
- Configure Mouse Shortcut Mappings
- Configure Horizon Client Shortcuts
- Searching for Desktops or Applications
- Select a Favorite Remote Desktop or Application
- Switch Desktops or Applications
- Log Off or Disconnect
- Using a Touch Bar with Horizon Client
- Autoconnect to a Remote Desktop
- Configure Reconnect Behavior for Remote Applications
- Enable the Application Pre-Launch Feature in Horizon Client
- Removing a Server Shortcut from the Home Window
- Reordering Shortcuts
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Mac
- Feature Support Matrix for Mac
- Internationalization
- Monitors and Screen Resolution
- Using Exclusive Mode
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Using Remote Applications
- Saving Documents in a Remote Application
- Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application
- PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
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If you map a Windows keyboard shortcut in Horizon Client, the mapped action occurs when you use
the shortcut in the remote desktop or application.
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For remote applications, Windows shortcuts that include the Windows key are disabled by default and
do not appear on the Horizon Client Keyboard Preferences dialog box. If you create a mapping for one
of these disabled keyboard shortcuts, the shortcut appears in the Keyboard Preferences dialog box.
For a list of the default Mac keyboard shortcuts, go to the Apple support website (hp://support.apple.com).
For a list of the default Windows shortcuts, go to the Microsoft Windows website
(hp://windows.microsoft.com).
Configure Mouse Shortcut Mappings
You can congure a single-buon Apple mouse to send a right-click and a middle-click to remote desktops
and applications. You can modify, enable, or disable the default mouse shortcut mappings. You cannot
create new mouse shortcut mappings or delete the default mouse shortcut mappings.
Procedure
1 Select VMware Horizon Client > Preferences and click Keyboard & Mouse.
2 Select the Mouse Shortcuts tab.
3 Modify the mouse shortcut mappings.
Option Action
Modify a mouse shortcut mapping
Double-click the mapping and make your changes. Click OK to save your
changes.
Disable a mouse shortcut mapping
Deselect the On check box next to the mouse shortcut mapping. When you
disable a mouse shortcut mapping, Horizon Client does not send the
mouse shortcut to the remote desktop or application.
Enable a mouse shortcut mapping
Select the On check box next to the mouse shortcut mapping. When you
enable a mouse shortcut mapping, Horizon Client sends the mouse
shortcut to the remote desktop or application.
Restore the default settings
Click Restore Defaults. Any changes that you made to the default mouse
shortcut mappings are deleted and the default mappings are restored.
4 Close the Preferences dialog box.
Your mouse shortcut mapping changes take eect immediately. You do not need to restart open remote
desktops or applications to see the changes take eect.
Configure Horizon Client Shortcuts
Horizon Client includes precongured shortcut mappings for common Windows actions, including Toggle
Full Screen, Quit, Hide Application, Cycle Through Windows, and Cycle Through Windows in Reverse. It
also includes a precongured shortcut mapping for Toggle Exclusive Mode. You can enable or disable the
default shortcuts. You cannot create new shortcuts or delete the default shortcuts.
Procedure
1 Select VMware Horizon Client > Preferences and click Keyboard & Mouse.
2 Select the Horizon Shortcuts tab.
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