Active tab in colour

This exact same thing bothered me today(I had a lot of tabs open).
So not much more to say then "+1" :)

If it degrades performance in any way, I can live without it(make it an option then).

Hi

We cannot change the color because it would interfere with our "tab page color" feature (Settings->More->User interface->Color).

The UI framework we are using does not support much else at this time, the newest version may have shading what we could activate. We will look at it when we integrate it.

In the mean time, maybe you could use the tab page color feature to classify your sessions.

Thanks. Please note that also in the navigation pane (left) it would be really good to highlight the active connection.
Remote Desktop Manager is a great tool, better then VisionApp, but the abundance of features/tools make it sometimes hard to navigate easily. That's something that needs improvement. The ease of using VisionApp could be used as reference for that.

I don't know if this helps but if I set tabs to a color as indicated by Maurice the active one shows as without color and the unselected ones show as the color I picked

Indeed, the color is not really apparent on the focused tab.

We've recently integrated the latest version of the third party GUI library and this aspect hasn't changed yet.

The objective behind all this is to be able to identify sessions rapidly, therefore being apparent mostly for inactive sessions makes sense in our view.

>We've recently integrated the latest version of the third party GUI library and this aspect hasn't changed yet.
I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Alll I can say is that I and my colleagues (a lot) are really annoyed by the fact that you can't quickly see which tab is active. Putting other sessions in other colour is absurd, it's meant to be professional not a Christmas tree :-).
Talking about the tree, in RDM you get also lost where your active session is. It should also be really clear.
If you filter, your session is there, but then all other sessions dissapear, they appear again if filter is gone but then your focus is lost (which one is active now in the tree, help ...). You can focus on a sessoin by typing the name (it gets yellow) but that's only the beginning of the name, not somewhere in the text. Such a shame for such a good tool that such a simple thing isn't worked out better (by default). Can hardly imagine we're the only one with this question.

In other words:
1.active tab should have clear colour, different then other tabs.
2.in the tree, the active session should also have other clear colour, other folders should collapse so it is really clear where you are

That simple fact would make us really happy.
edited by stevenbaert on 1/10/2014

Hi Steven,
Could you post a print screen of your current UI with the tree and the active tab visble. Perhaps we don't use the same theme exactly and maybe there is something we can do.

Hi,
We have an issue with the third party we use. I have been able to change the color of the active tab but only by updating the framework we use. Unfortunately this will only available in RDM 9.5.

We will release RDM 9.1 in the next two weeks and one month later we will offer a beta version of RDM 9.5. RDM 9.5 requires .NET 4.0 and this why it income further delay. The good news is that you will have this feature in about a month.

Sounds great.
Thank you.

Sounds good indeed. I cannot post a printscreen of my configuration, I'd have to blank each server ... I'm sure you understand.
On the other hand, I have a default config, tabs are almost similar, in tree active connection is in a light blue color, almost not different from the rest.

Note: colleagues even mention they regularely find theirselves working on the wrong server!
It is really an issue. Can't this be prioritized? There should be a way to easily see on which server you 're working without activating "the christmas tree"?

Hi

It is at the top of the list and will be released in the beta of 9.5. To achieve this, we are integrating a new version of a UI library and it affects everything.

Sorry about the delay, we will try to release as soon as possible.

By the way this is already implemented in our internal 9.5 branch. Unfortunately we can't port back in the version 9.1 because the third party requires .NET 4.0

Please see https://www.dropbox.com/s/jgf8nq26c8mmp0p/remotedesktopmanager.png for a screenshot of my connections.
I removed the names by white blocks, but still it should give an impression. Some tabs are grey some are white for some unclear reason without a logic behind.

How on earth can I see which tab is active/in which session I'm working? This is really a major issue.

Hi,
I've already told you that this is implemented internally. There is nothing more I can do. This will be in the next major release.

Have you tried to use the Modern Style?

??? Modern style gives me no names in upper tabs at all ...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1j4bpyz96uwgvi4/remotedesktopmanager2.png

Do you use RDM on a Terminal Service or on a virtual machine?

On a RDP indeed AND the machine is virtual also.

Hi,
Ok I think this could explain your visual bugs. Here is what you should see:

That looks great! That's what I/we want. A specific colour would even be better but still.
Any way around this?

This is exactly what you should have. I think that the RDP with the virtual machine is having a hard time rendering the UI. Just for a test, could you test it directly on a machine?

It's exactly the same on a physical machine. I have version 9.1.0 there.

Same as me or as your print screen?

Yes, but I notice now my subconnections of servers are gone too. My colleagues still can see them all. Updated to latest version but still the same.
What can I do? Reset to default settings? Then how?

Could you send me a print screen of what you have? Could you verify the filter because its possible to exclude the subconnection.

Never mind, I renamed my roaming profile RemoteDesktopManager, now everything ok. Although tabs are the same as my first screenshot.
Honestly, I regret we didn't go for VisionApp. This product looks great for all its features, but there are just to many, you loose perspective ... and also they just don't seem to work very well. Better a product with less features on which you can count. Sorry. Anyhow, we 'll have to stick to Remote Desktop Manager so I hope you guys will turn things around: make the product more stable, clear and easier to use. Features can come later. First it has to work more robustly.

Hi Steven,
It's not too late. We want you to be satisfied. We could give you a full refund and cancel your licenses if you want to switch to VisionApp. We do our best to offer a really good solution but we understand that we can satisfied everybody.

We are very active in the development and perhaps we will be able to fulfill your need in 1 or 2 years.