The desktop viewer's overlay, fullscreen, display size, UI size, sound, keyboard layout, reconnecting and the recovery console.
The viewer fills the browser window with the Kiste's desktop and keeps a small overlay out of the way.
The overlay
The overlay shows the connection's details and the controls. Hide tucks it away; a dot in the corner brings it back.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Fullscreen | Fills the screen. In Chrome and Edge, fullscreen also passes shortcuts such as Cmd/Ctrl+W, T, N and Tab to the Kiste instead of the browser; holding Escape leaves fullscreen. |
| Fit | Sets the Kiste's display to the size of this window. It happens on its own when you resize; the button forces it. |
| UI size | Cycles how large the desktop's interface appears: 100, 90, 80, 75 or 67 percent. Smaller values give you more room on a small window. |
| Sound | Mutes or unmutes the desktop's audio. |
| Recovery | Opens the recovery console. |
| Reconnect | Connects the stream again. |
| Keyboard | The keyboard layout the Kiste types with. auto detects yours. |
The details list the connection path (direct or relayed), the codec, frames per second, bit rate and round-trip time, which helps when something feels slow.
Display size and sharpness
The Kiste's display always matches the size of your viewer window. On a dense display such as a Retina screen, the Kiste renders at the display's real pixel count with its interface scaled up, so text is as sharp as in a native app. During fast motion the picture may briefly be sent at a lower resolution and sharpens again within a second.
Sound
Desktop audio starts muted because browsers don't allow sound before you interact with a page. Your first click on the desktop unmutes it, unless you muted it yourself. Microphone input isn't supported yet.
Keyboard
Keys are sent by their position and typed with the layout chosen under Keyboard, so special characters come out as on your own keyboard.
On a Mac, the viewer translates shortcuts: Cmd+C, Cmd+V, Cmd+A and the like become Ctrl+… in applications, and Ctrl+Shift+… in terminal apps, where Ctrl+C interrupts a program. On Windows and Linux, Ctrl shortcuts pass through as they are.
Mouse and games
Pointer moves are sent as absolute positions. When an app or a game in the Kiste captures the pointer (a first-person game, a 3D viewer), the viewer switches to relative movement; a click takes the browser's pointer lock and Escape gives it back.
Connection loss
When the connection drops, for example because your laptop changed networks, the viewer shows that the link was lost and keeps reconnecting every couple of seconds for a few minutes. The Kiste and everything in it keep running meanwhile. Reloading the page re-enters the desktop without a new link for 24 hours.
Recovery console
When the video stream can't start at all, Recovery opens a plain remote desktop view of the same screen, slower but independent of the video stream, with its own short-lived authorization. Use it to fix whatever keeps the desktop from streaming, then reconnect.