Touch and mobility support
Multi-touch mode
Citrix Workspace app for ChromeOS allows you to set Multi-touch as the default mode through the Google Admin Console. Multi-touch mode controls whether to enable multi-touch gestures.
You can toggle between Panning mode and Multi-touch mode. Earlier, panning mode was set as the default mode.
When you launch a session in a touch-enabled device, the gestures by default are handled in panning mode. You can switch to multi-touch mode using the toolbar. This feature provides a better user experience.
How to configure
To set the feature as the default, edit the Google Admin Console policy and set the value of defaultMode to multitouch.
{
"settings": {
"Value": {
"settings_version": "1.0",
"engine_settings": {
"ui": {
"touch" : {
"defaultMode" : "multitouch"
}
}
}
}
}
}
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Support for Touch
Citrix Workspace app for ChromeOS now enhances touch support by allowing you to run sessions on touch-enabled Chrome devices in tablet mode. This feature includes support for gestures, multi-touch, and soft keyboard functionality.
The Open keyboard icon now appears on the session toolbar when a Chrome device is in tablet mode. When you use this feature or do a three-finger tap, the soft keyboard appears.
Gesture enhancements on touch devices
Starting with the 23.4.0 release, Citrix Workspace app enhances end user experience related to gestures, multi-touch, and soft keyboard functionality (Tablet mode). In your Citrix Workspace app sessions, you can use all the familiar multi-touch gestures, including the tap, swipe, and drag.
The following is the gesture guide:
| To do this: | On Citrix Workspace app, do this: |
|---|---|
| Single click | One-finger tap |
| Right-click | Touch-hold-release |
| Open the on-screen keyboard | Three-finger tap (or from the toolbar, tap Keyboard icon) |
| Drag | Touch, hold, and slide |
| Enable cursor | Two-finger tap |
Automatic Keyboard display
You can enable automatic keyboard display on a server by using the floating keyboard button that appears in an input field. For the automatic keyboard display feature to be available, verify that the server-side setting is enabled.
Feature limitations:
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Doing three fingers tap to fetch the soft keyboard does not work in multi-touch mode. It works only in panning mode.
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For the soft keyboard to work properly, always close it using the Open Keyboard icon on the session toolbar rather than the system-soft keyboard. If you close the soft keyboard using the system-soft keyboard, the soft keyboard might behave unexpectedly.
How to configure
To enable the server-side setting, complete these steps:
- On the Delivery Controller, open Citrix Studio.
- Select Policies.
- Click Create Policy.
- Search for Automatic Keyboard Display and select Allowed.