Differences
This shows you the differences between the selected revisions of the page.
| 2020-02-08 | 2020-02-08 | ||
| no summary (23.233.28.130) (hidden) (untrusted) | Restored revision 1569920918. Undoing revision 1581129738. (martin) (hidden) | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| - | virtualventures.ca | + | ====== Managing Sessions ====== |
| + | The [[ui_login|Login dialog]] shown on startup lets you open the first session. But with WinSCP you can have several sessions opened at once or close the first session and reuse the window for another. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== [[opening_additional_connection]] Opening Additional Sessions ===== | ||
| + | Once you have opened your first session and the main window shows up, you can open additional sessions using //Session > New Session// or the corresponding toolbar button or [[#keyboard|keyboard shortcut]]. The [[ui_login|Login dialog]] will show. There you can choose some of your [[session_configuration#site|sites]] or enter the login details manually. To directly open a site, go to //Session > Sites//. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The newly opened session will become active. | ||
| + | |||
| + | You can use WinSCP [[ui_jump_list|jump list]] to reopen recent sessions too. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== [[switch]] Switching Sessions ===== | ||
| + | Once you have several sessions opened you can switch among them. Use [[ui_sessiontabs|session tabs]] for that. Or just go to //Session > Opened Sessions// or [[#keyboard|keyboard shortcuts]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | By default each opened session remembers its own panel state, including focused file and [[ui_file_panel#sorting_files|panel sorting]]. In [[ui_commander|Commander interface]] the local panel remembers also the last used local directory for each session. This behavior can be [[ui_pref_panels#common|turned off for both panels]], or for [[ui_pref_commander#panels|local panel only]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== [[closing]] Closing Session ===== | ||
| + | To disconnect a connection, while keeping the WinSCP opened (or connection tab //in the latest beta version//), &beta go to //Session > Disconnect (Session)//. //In the latest beta version,// to close the session tab, go to //Session > Close Session//. &beta | ||
| + | |||
| + | Another easy way to close a session (and even a non-active session) is using the X button on a [[ui_sessiontabs|session tab]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | When the last connection is closed, [[ui_login|Login dialog]] shows automatically, by default. //In the latest beta version,// you can [[ui_pref_window#miscellaneous|turn that off in preferences]]. &beta | ||
| + | |||
| + | You can also have session disconnected automatically once [[once_done|an operation finishes]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== [[saving]] Saving Opened Session ===== | ||
| + | If you have opened ad hoc session, but then you decide that you want it in [[ui_login|site list]], you can use command //Session > Save Session as Site//. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Even if the site you are connected to is already stored in the site list, you can use the command to change the site's initial state (such as [[ui_login_directories#directories|directories]], [[task_navigate#synchronize_browsing|synchronized browsing state]] and [[#session_color|session color]]) to current ones. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== [[renaming]] Renaming Session ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Particularly when you have multiple sessions opened to the same site, you may want to distinguish them by giving individual sessions a unique name. To rename the current session, go to //Session > Rename Session//. | ||
| + | |||
| + | An opened session name is preserved in a [[workspace]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== [[keyboard]] Keyboard Shortcuts ===== | ||
| + | [[ui_commander_key#session_management|Keyboard shortcuts]] for session management are the same for both interfaces. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== [[session_color]] Session Color ===== | ||
| + | If you like, you can associate color with each session. The color will influence [[ui_file_panel|file panels]], [[ui_sessiontabs|session tab]], site item in [[ui_login|site list]] and well as initial color of associated [[ui_editor|internal editors]]. You can associate the color with site on [[ui_login_advanced#color|Advanced Site Settings dialog]]. To change color of already opened session go to //View > Color// in [[ui_explorer|Explorer interface]] or | ||
| + | //Options > Color// in [[ui_commander|Commander interface]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | &screenshotpict(tabs) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Workspaces ===== | ||
| + | You can save all our opened sessions into [[workspace]] and restore them later. | ||
| + | |||