Scratch Pad

Scratch Pad is a basic text editor that helps the user to work with textual data simultaneously while interacting with the terminal screen. Text from the terminal screen can be written to the scratch pad on the fly by righ-click and select Send to Scratch Pad. Text written on scratch pad can also be saved to a file.

Scratch Pad options

Scratch Pad includes the following options:

Divider

Click and drag the divider helps the user set the size of the Main screen and Scratchpad as required. The small left and right arrows in the divider minimize the Main screen and scratch pad, respectively. The divider is available only for sessions opened in a separate window..

Save

It Save the current contents of the scratch pad into a file.

Clear

It Clear the current contents of the scratch pad.

Scratch Pad menu options

The following options are available by right-clicking to display the Scratch Pad menu:

Cut

Moves the selected text area contents to the system clipboard. This option is enabled only if the text is selected in the scratch area.

Copy

Copies the selected text area contents to the system clipboard. This option is enabled only if the text is selected in the scratch area.

Paste

Pastes the text content from the clipboard to the scratch pad text area. This option is enabled only if system's clipboard has textual content.

Word Wrap

Enables or disables word wrap for text area in scratch pad. By default word wrap is enabled for the text area.

Theme

Changes the background and foreground colors of the scratch pad text area.

Show Session

Displays the session screen associated with the current scratch pad. This option is available only for scratch pad in embedded sessions.