Preferences
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Controls available via Indicators or the User Menu
If enabled, each device will be given an indicator with an icon that represents the device type (smartphone, tablet or laptop) with an indication of its current state (this may be a colour or an emblem, depending on the icon theme). Controls for the device will be in popup menu available by clicking on the icon.
If disabled, the same menu found in the indicator popup will instead appear in the Mobile Devices submenu found in the Gnome Shell User Menu. This is the menu on the far right of the panel where Session Controls, Wi-Fi, Location and other services are found.
Display devices in offline and unpaired states
While devices that are paired and online will always be displayed, you may choose whether or not to display devices that are Offline or Unpaired. This does not affect any connection they have to the backend service.
Automatically mount devices that support it
When enabled, any device with the "Remote filesystem browser" (aka SFTP) plugin enabled will be automatically mounted, either when it becomes paired and connected or when the plugin is enabled.
This has a few results. Any delay when pressing the Remote Folder icon in the device menu should be removed, and additionally, the device may maintain a more resilient connection. Be warned, this may result in a wake-lock on your device and negatively affect battery life.
See also: Device Mounting in the dependencies section of the installation page.
Send files from the file browser context menu
If enabled, a submenu will be added to the Nautilus context menu, listing the names of devices that are online, paired and have the "Share and receive" plugin enabled. Clicking on a device will send the currently selected files to that device. More information is available in the Nautilus Integration page.
Keyboard shortcuts can be assigned to extension capabilities (such as Discover Devices) as well as device capabilities (such as Send SMS) on a device-by-device basis.
In an attempt to avoid shortcut conflicts:
- All keyboard shortcuts are unset by default
- A keyboard shortcut will be unset if the same shortcut is later requested for a different extension function
- A keyboard shortcut will be rejected if it has been registered by a native Gnome application
However
- A keyboard shortcut set in Gnome Control Center will override an extension shortcut without warning
- A keyboard shortcut set in the extension will override a shortcut in non-native applications without warning (eg. Google Chrome)
- Open extension menu - Open the Mobile Devices submenu in the Shell User Menu
- Discover Devices - Same as in the Mobile Devices menu
- Open extension preferences - Same as in the Mobile Devices menu
- Open service settings - Same as in the Extension Preferences
- Open device menu - Open the indicator menu if Device Indicators is enabled, otherwise open the Mobile Devices submenu
- Send SMS - Open a new SMS window
- Locate Device - Locate the device by causing it to ring
- Browse Files - Open the device menu, mount the device and expand the directory list
- Send Files - Open a File Chooser Dialog for selecting files to send to the device
- Pair/Reconnect - Send a pair request if unpaired, or try reconnecting with the device
The service providing devices
This option determines whether to use KDE Connect or MConnect as a backend to provide access to devices. More information about current status and supported features is available in the Installation page.
Start the service automatically and restart if stopped
When the extension is enabled, the service will be automatically started if it isn't already running and restarted if it stops. For sanity reasons, only one attempt is made in each case. If this feature is disabled or the service fails to start, the extension will place an item in the User Menu titled Enable and wait for the service to be started.
Open the settings for the current service
This is just a convenience button which will open the settings for the currently selected service provider. For KDE Connect it will open the System Settings Module, while for MConnect it will use xdg-open to open ~/.config/mconnect/mconnect.conf in your default text editor.
Enable debug features and logging
If true, the extension will enable some debug features and print verbosely to the log. The enabled features provide no extra functionality to regular users. More information is available in the Debugging page.