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Sandbox Tasks – Introduction > The Virtual Desktop > The Main Interface
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The Main Interface

 

The Virtual Desktop is presented with two switchable interfaces:

  • Classic Windows style Desktop mode

  • Tablet mode

You can switch between these two modes by clicking the green 'C' button at bottom-left then 'Settings'  ( C Button Desktop > Settings > 'Mode' tab). Refer to the table below for a comparison of different modes of the Desktop main interface.




In 'Classic' mode,

  • All items on your real desktop are displayed. Clicking the shortcuts on the Virtual Desktop will run the program or file inside the virtual computer system.
  • Clicking the green 'C' button at bottom-left will open a Windows-style 'Start Menu'.




The start menu allows you to:

  • Run browsers that are installed on your system. Refer to Running Browsers inside the Virtual Desktop for more details.
  • Configure the Virtual Desktop by clicking 'Settings'. Refer to Configuring the Virtual Desktop for more details.
  • Clicking the keyboard icon on the system tray opens a virtual keyboard that can be used to input confidential data like website user-names, passwords and credit card numbers.



  • Clicking the 'Volume Control' icon at the system tray enables you to control the system volume.



 
  • Right-clicking on the task bar and selecting 'Watch Activity' opens the 'Windows Task Manager' to view your computer's performance, close unresponsive programs and to troubleshoot problems with Windows.


 

 Tablet Mode

To switch to 'Tablet' mode from 'Classic' mode, click the green 'C'  button at bottom left followed by Settings > Mode and select 'Tablet Mode'


There are two variations of this mode:

  1. Mode A – Pure Tablet device - A touch-screen interface that will be familiar to users of modern smart devices. The home page displays a set of popular apps covering games, social media and networking. You can, of course, install your own apps from the app market.

  • To install your own apps, click the App Market icon from the launch bar. You will be taken to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/home?utm_source=COMODO-Kiosk. Select the apps you want to install from the webstore.

  1.  Mode B - Tablet device + Windows - The home page displays the desktop items from your real system. The task bar from classic mode is present along with the green 'Kiosk' button and the virtual keyboard. The launch strip will display all installed browsers.

You can swap between the two modes by clicking the green arrow at the top right corner: 


You can swipe the home screen in both left and right directions to navigate between successive home pages.




 

Tablet Mode A – Pure Tablet



 

Tablet Mode B – Tablet + Windows


The following table gives a comparison of the classic and tablet modes of the main interface:

 

Classic Mode

Mode A – Pure Tablet

Mode B – Tablet + Classic

 Windows desktop style interface.

 Tablet style interface.

 Tablet style interface.

 Your real desktop shortcuts and files are displayed.

Shortcut icons of the apps installed on the tablet are displayed.

 Your real desktop shortcuts and files are displayed.

 Shortcuts and files are laid out vertically as they would be on a Windows desktop.

 Shortcuts are laid out horizontally.

 Shortcuts and files are laid out horizontally.

 No Launch Bar.

 Browser shortcuts are displayed on the launch bar at the bottom.

 Browser shortcuts are displayed on the launch bar at the bottom.

 Cannot have multiple home screens.

 Can have multiple home screens.

 Can have multiple home screens if you have many shortcuts and files.

 Cannot swipe the screen to move between home screens.

 Can swipe the screen to move between home screens.

 Can swipe the screen to move between home screens.

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