User interface settings
To modify user interface settings:
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From the Citrix Cloud menu, choose Workspace Configuration.
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From the Customize menu, choose Preferences.
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Go to the appropriate section:
Allow Caching
The Allow Caching setting enhances performance for subscribers accessing Citrix Workspace through a web browser. Caching is supported when accessing Citrix Workspace with a supported web browser. Caching isn’t available when using a locally installed Citrix Workspace app.
When caching is enabled, some sensitive data might be stored locally on subscribers’ devices. This data consists of file metadata and is encrypted with a key that’s unique to the subscriber’s authenticated identity. The encrypted data is stored on the user’s device in the web browser’s local storage.
If you disable caching, the encrypted data is purged the next time the subscriber signs in to Citrix Workspace™ through their web browser. Also, the user can purge this data manually by clearing browsing data from their web browser.
Allow Favorites
Customers, who have access to Workspace Configuration and the new Workspace experience, can allow users to add or remove their favorite apps and desktops on Citrix Workspace app. Users can quickly access their favorite apps and desktop on the Home tab. The Allow Favorites feature is enabled by default.
To configure the Allow Favorites feature, do the following instructions:
- Navigate to Workspace Configuration > Customize > Preferences.
- Click the toggle button to enable or disable the feature.
- Select the declaration check box, and click Save.
User experience
When you enable the Allow Favorites feature, users can add up to 250 favorites by clicking the star icon at the upper-left corner of apps and desktops cards. The star icon turns to a golden color when users mark it as their favorite. Clicking the star icon again removes it from the favorite list.
When a user adds more than 250 favorite resources, the oldest favorite resource is removed (or as close as possible) to preserve the most recent favorite resources.
When you disable the Allow Favorites feature, the favorites resources get removed from the Home tab of Citrix Workspace app. And, it’s not available for quick access. Users can still access those resources from the Apps tab and Desktops tab.
Note:
- Allow Favorites feature is enabled by default.
- If your users don’t have access to the desktops configured, the Desktop tab doesn’t appear on the navigation bar.
Apps and Desktops keywords
You can automatically add favorite apps or desktops for users by using KEYWORDS:Auto and KEYWORDS:Mandatory settings in Citrix DaaS (Manage > Full Configuration > Applications).
- KEYWORDS:Auto - The app or desktop is added as a favorite and users can remove it from the favorite list as per their preference.
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KEYWORDS:Mandatory - The app or desktop is added as a favorite, and users can’t reverse this action. Mandatory apps and desktops display a star icon with a padlock to indicate that it can’t be removed from the favorite list.
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If you use both Mandatory and Auto keywords for an app, the Mandatory keyword overrides the Auto keyword, and the apps or desktops that are added as favorites can’t be removed.
Navigation tabs
Home tab
You can enable or disable the Home tab for your users.
To configure the setting:
- Under Home tab, set the toggle to Enabled or Disabled.
- Select the declaration check box.
- Click Save.
- When the toggle is on, users are navigated to the Home page. If you disable the toggle, the users land directly on the Apps page. By default, the toggle is on and the feature is enabled.
When enabled (the default), the Home tab is displayed. When disabled, there is no Home tab and users land on the Apps tab.
This feature does not apply when Always display navigation tabs is disabled and users have more than 20 apps or desktops. In this case, the tabs are hidden.
Always display navigation tabs
By default, if the user has fewer than 20 resources, the UI displays a Simple View that doesn’t have any tabs or categories. To disable the Simple View and enable the navigation tabs for a consistent experience, even if there are fewer than 20 resources, do the following:
- For setting Always display navigation tabs, select the toggle to set it to Enabled or Disabled.
- Click Save.
Automatically Launch Desktop
You can configure Workspace to automatically launch the user’s desktop. When enabled, if a user has only one available desktop, the desktop automatically launches when the user signs in to their workspace. When disabled (default), users must manually launch their desktop after signing in.
This feature only applies when using a web browser, not Citrix Workspace app.
To change the configuration:
- Navigate to Workspace Configuration > Customize > Preferences.
- Under Automatically Launch Desktop, set the toggle to Enabled or Disabled.
- Press Save.
