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Controls Reference

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Controls Reference

Main screen

The main screen is always visible while connected. It has three zones: the trackpad, the scroll strip, and the quick-action bar at the bottom.

Trackpad

Gesture Action
Single finger drag Move mouse cursor
Tap (quick, no movement) Left click
Hold without moving Right click (after ~300 ms)

The trackpad uses incremental delta tracking — each finger movement translates directly to cursor movement, like a laptop trackpad, not an absolute position map.

Scroll strip

The narrow strip on the right side of the trackpad is a dedicated scroll lane. Single-finger drag up/down sends scroll events. This avoids the reliability problems with two-finger scroll in mobile browsers.

Gesture Action
Drag up Scroll up
Drag down Scroll down

Click bar

Three buttons below the trackpad for explicit clicks:

Button Action
Left Left mouse click
Mid Middle mouse click
Right Right mouse click

Quick-action bar

The bar at the very bottom of the screen has five buttons for the most common actions:

Button Action
⌨ (keyboard) Open text input sheet
▶ / ⏸ (play/pause) Toggle play/pause
🔉 (volume down) Volume −6 steps
🔊 (volume up) Volume +6 steps
⊞ (grid) Open the drawer (Media tab)

Drawer tabs

Swipe up from the handle or tap ⊞ to open the drawer. Four tabs:

Media tab

Full playback controls:

Button Action
⏮ (prev) Previous track
↩10 (back 10) Seek back 10 seconds
▶ / ⏸ (play/pause) Toggle — large accent button
↪10 (fwd 10) Seek forward 10 seconds
⏭ (next) Next track
🔇 / 🔊 (mute toggle) Mute / unmute
Volume slider Drag to set volume
Stop Stop playback
Fullscreen Toggle fullscreen (F11)

Nav tab

D-pad navigation for Kodi, media players, and system dialogs:

Button Action
↑ ↓ ← → Arrow keys
OK (centre) Enter / confirm
Back Escape
Full Fullscreen (F11)

Apps tab

One-tap app launcher. See App Launcher for customisation.

Default apps: Jellyfin · Plex · Kodi · Netflix · YouTube · Spotify · Browser

Tune tab

Control Action
Remote brightness slider Dims the phone UI (night mode)
Pointer speed slider Adjusts mouse sensitivity
Scroll speed slider Adjusts scroll strip speed
Sleep / Power off Sends system sleep key

Text input

Tap ⌨ to open the keyboard sheet. Your phone's native keyboard appears — type normally. The text field collects what you type and you can send it all at once by tapping Send or pressing Return.

Special key strip (always visible above the keyboard):

Key Sends
Esc Escape
Tab Tab
↑ ↓ ← → Arrow keys
Backspace (removes from local field)
Send Types the buffered text on the HTPC

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