In one of my current projects involving the development of a custom LiveCycle workspace in Flex, I've had the (dis)pleasure of developing remotely on a PC at the client's site using Citrix ICA and Remote Desktop. (Don't ask why but feel free to sympathize a little.)
One thing I've found useful during my "out of body" development experience has been the use of hotkeys / keyboard shortcuts. They are the reason that I am still sane today.
The most useful has been the CTRL-ALT-BREAK shortcut to go to full-screen mode. After the sheer torment of trying to code, run and debug a complex application in a tiny window with both horizontal and vertical scroll bars, being able to force the remote session to full-screen mode was like a revelation.
Here are a few more shortcuts that I use often:
One thing I've found useful during my "out of body" development experience has been the use of hotkeys / keyboard shortcuts. They are the reason that I am still sane today.
The most useful has been the CTRL-ALT-BREAK shortcut to go to full-screen mode. After the sheer torment of trying to code, run and debug a complex application in a tiny window with both horizontal and vertical scroll bars, being able to force the remote session to full-screen mode was like a revelation.
Here are a few more shortcuts that I use often:
- ALT-HOME - Pulls up the remote OS' "Start Menu"
- CTRL-ALT-END - Equivalent to a CTRL-ALT-DEL
Ctrl Alt Break !!!!! you are a life saver, thank you
You're very welcome. It makes my day to know that I've saved at least one person the grief I had to live through before discovering the CTRL-ALT-BREAK trick. Just thinking about all those hours of frustration makes me want to tear my hair out.
How on earth do you switch between applications? I miss Alt+Tab, if I have more than one window open on my remote desktop, the Alt+Tab moves to my local desktop. :(
Hi Rohan. Well, looks like the page I was linking to is MIA. I've managed to dig up a cached version here. I wanted to avoid cutting and pasting someone else's content but I guess I have no real choice now. I've just now posted a new blog entry that contains the original list (with attribution). Thank you so much for commenting, I never would have known that the list had disappeared!
Sorry Rohan. A direct answer to your question would be: ALT+INSERT simulates ALT+TAB.