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3.14 – Touch interface (iOS, Android etc)

Spark View can operate on tablets and smart phone devices if you have an html5 browser available.

Following gestures are supported:

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Gesture Description Action
Xlongpress.png Long press Right click
Xflick.png LongFlick Scroll screen if remote desktop resolution is bigger, otherwise drag
pan.pngPanDrag
2tap.png2 finger tap Right click
X2scroll.png Long2 pressfinger scroll RightMouse clickwheel
X3tap.png Long3 pressfinger tap RightShow clicksoftware keyboard (iOS only)
X3open.png Long3 pressfinger pinch open RightMaximize clickwindow
X3close.png Long3 pressfinger pinch close RightRestore clickwindow
X3left.png Long3 pressfinger flick left RightPrevious clickwindow
X3right.png Long3 pressfinger flick right RightNext clickwindow
X3down.png Long3 pressfinger flick down RightMinimize clickall windows
X3up.png Long3 pressfinger flick up RightRestore clickall windows

You can also tap the keyboard icon keyboard.png to activate the software keyboard. IE doesn’t support 3 finger gestures and 2 finger scroll (mouse wheel).

Touchpad mode (relative mouse movement)

Tochpad mode allows you to use whole touch screen as a touch pad. You can use the finger to move the cursor and issue a click on the position of the cursor (not the position you are taping on).

Entering text

You can see a keyboard.png button after you tap anywhere on the screen. Taping on this button will activate the software keyboard and allow you entering text. Some PC keys will also be shown on the left top of your screen:

keys-ctrl-alt-del.png

You can see more PC keys by taping on keys-dots.png:

keys-more.png

Make sure you html page has following part to make PC keys work:

<div id="pc_key">
	<span>Ctrl</span><span>Alt</span><span>Del</span><span>Esc</span><span>...</span>
	<div id="pc_key_more">
		<span>F1</span><span>&larr;</span><span>&uarr;</span><span>&rarr;</span><span>&darr;</span><span>Start</span><span>Alt+F4</span><span>Ctrl+Alt+Del</span>
	</div>
</div>

You can also add any other keys by changing the pc_key div.

  • Android: Chrome and Firefox.
  • iOS: Safari.
  • Playbook: Stock browser.
  • Windows: Chrome, Firefox, IE10 and Safari
  • Mac OS: Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
  • Linux: Chrome and Firefox.
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