Lock Client Interface Layout

This tab lets you lock the client interface to prevent users from modifying layout or multiviews, and other similar actions.

Client Settings

 

How to Lock the Client Interface

1.      Click the Settings icon and select Settings. The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens with the Startup tab active.

2.      Click the Lock tab.

3.      Select the features that should be locked.

4.      Click the Set Passphrase button. Enter a pass phrase that the user must enter (if necessary) to later unlock the interface and click OK.

5.      In the menu bar, click the Settings icon and select Lock.

 

Features not available while locked

 

Panel resizing/moving - Prohibits user changing size of panels as well as moving and docking the panels.

Panel adding/closing - Prohibits user adding panels to the user interface or closing them in the current layout.

Camera selection - Prohibits user changing camera in the view through the camera tree or through the map.

Exit Symphony - Prohibits user from exiting Symphony.

Set Passphrase - Creates a password to lock/unlock the interface. The user will be prompted for a password.

Unlock Client Interface

1.      Click the Settings icon and select Unlock. The Unlock Symphony dialog box opens.

2.      Enter the pass phrase that was defined when locking the interface and click OK. The interface is now unlocked.