The session screen

A session fills the screen with the Mac's picture. Around it sits the toolbar, docked along the bottom unless you choose the carousel.

#The docked toolbar

The docked toolbar has three groups:

• Input: Keyboard shows or hides the on-screen keyboard, Dictation types what you say, and Pointer switches between Touch and Trackpad mode.
• Keys: Escape, Tab, Return, the modifier keys, arrows, Home, End, Page Up and Page Down, and menus. More in Keyboard and trackpad.
• Session: the connection status, Windows (the Quick switcher) and Session controls.

When the keys don't fit, swipe them sideways. On narrow screens they get a row of their own.

#The status pill

The session group shows how the connection is doing:

• A dot and the round trip in milliseconds: green when it's quick, amber when slower, red when slow, grey when not connected.
• A lock when the session goes through a Secure Connection or a remote support call.
• A speaker while the Mac's sound plays on your phone.

Tap it to open the session controls.

#The carousel

Choose Carousel in Settings › Controls › Style for a round Toolbar button you can drag anywhere. Tap it to fan its buttons out; it fades back when you leave it alone. It has the same buttons, except Windows: open the window list from the session controls instead.

#Show or hide the toolbar

• Double-tap with two fingers.
• Or press ⌥Esc on a keyboard.

Toolbar Visibility in Settings › Controls can also hide it whenever you type or use a trackpad (Hide on Hardware Input); the next touch brings it back.

#Customise the toolbar

In Settings › Controls › Toolbar:

• Button Size: small to extra large.
• Position: put the keyboard button on the leading or trailing side.
• Show Dictation.
• Add Buttons…: Space Bar, Delete, Forward Delete, Backslash, Grab Screenshot, File Transfer, Close Connection and more.
• Reset to Defaults.

To reorder the keys, touch and hold one, then drag it to a new place.