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Visual Tour
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===========
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.. index:: visual tour, usage
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Icon
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----
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The Nextcloud Client remains in the background and is visible
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as an icon in the system tray (Windows, KDE), status bar
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(macOS), or notification area (Ubuntu).
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.. image:: images/icon.png
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Main dialog
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~~~~~~~~~~~
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.. index:: activity, recent changes, sync activity, main dialog, adding account, account, add account, remove account
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The main dialog, which can be invoked from the tray icon in the
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taskbar, will show files information about the activities of the sync
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client and Nextcloud. If there are any synchronization issues, they
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will show up here. The dialog also gives information about other
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activities or notifications like Talk mentions or file changes. It
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does also show the status of the user.
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.. image:: images/main_dialog.png
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When clicking on the avatar a menu opens where it is possible to add a
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new account or removing an existing account.
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Menu
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----
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.. image:: images/traymenu.png
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A right click on the icon provides the following menu:
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* ``Open main dialog``: Opens the main dialog.
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* ``Pause sync``: Pauses the synchronization.
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* ``Settings``: Provides access to the settings menu.
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* ``Exit Nextcloud``: Quits Nextcloud Client, ending a currently running
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sync run.
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.. NOTE::
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This menu is not available on macOS.
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Settings
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--------
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Account Settings
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.. index:: account settings, user, password, Server URL
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The ``Account Settings tab`` provides an executive summary about the synced
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folders in the account and gives the ability to modify them.
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Where:
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* ``Connected to <Nextcloud instance> as <user>``: Indicates the Nextcloud server
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which the client is syncing with and the user account on that server.
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* If the End-to-End encryption app is installed, then the current used
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passphrase can be shown with clicking on ``Display mnemonic``.
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Clicking on the tree dot menu or doing a right click on the folder
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opens up a context menu with the following options:
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* ``Open folder``: Opens the folder in the file explorer which the
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operating system provides. In example on Windows it will open the Windows Explorer.
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* ``Create new folder``: Creates a new folder.
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* ``Force sync now``: Forces a synchronization run.
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* ``Availability``: This entry is only available if the folder uses the
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virtual files feature. The files in the folder can be either made
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available offline with ``Make always available locally`` or if disk
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space needs to be saved, they can be turned into placeholder files
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with ``Free up local space``. ``Free up local space`` will not
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delete any files.
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* ``Add folder sync connection``: Provides the ability to add another folder to the sync
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(see ``Adding a folder sync connection``).
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* ``Pause sync/Resume sync``: Will pause the current sync or prevent the client from
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starting a new sync. Resume will resume the sync process.
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* ``Remove folder sync connection``: Will remove the selected folder from being synced. This is used,
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for instance, when there is a desire to sync only a few folders and not the
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root. First, remove the root from sync, then add the folders to sync as
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desired.
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* ``Edit Ignored Files``: Provides a list of files which will be ignored, i.e.,
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will not sync between the client and server. The ignored files editor allows
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adding patterns for files or directories that should be excluded from the
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sync process. Besides normal characters, wild cards may be used, an asterisk
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‘*’ indicating multiple characters, or a question mark ‘?’ indicating a single
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character.
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* ``Enable virtual file support/Disable virtual file support``: Enable
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or disable virtual file support for this folder.
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.. image:: images/settingsdialog.png
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Adding a Folder Sync Connection
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Adding a new sync is initiated by clicking ``Add Folder Sync Connection`` in
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the ``Account`` settings.
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.. image:: images/folderwizard_local.png
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The Directory and alias name must be unique.
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Then select the folder on the server to sync with. It is important to note that, a
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server folder can only sync to the client one time. So, in the above example,
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the sync is to the server root directory and thus it is not possible to select
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another folder under the root to sync.
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.. image:: images/folderwizard_remote.png
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General
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~~~~~~~
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.. index:: general settings, auto start, startup, desktop notifications
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The tab provides several useful options:
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.. image:: images/settings_general.png
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* ``Launch on System Startup``: This option is automatically activated
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once a user has conimaged his account. Un-checking the box will cause
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Nextcloud client to not launch on startup for a particular user.
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* ``Show Desktop Nofications``: When checked, bubble notifications when
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a set of sync operations has been performed are provided.
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* ``Use Monochrome Icons``: Use less obtrusive icons. Especially useful
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on macOS.
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* ``About``: provides information about authors as well as build conditions.
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This information is valuable when submitting a support request.
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Network
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~~~~~~~
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.. index:: proxy settings, SOCKS, bandwith, throttling, limiting
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This tab consolidates ``Proxy Settings`` and ``Bandwith Limiting``:
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.. image:: images/settings_network.png
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:scale: 50 %
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Proxy Settings
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* ``No Proxy``: Check this if Nextcloud Client should circumvent the default
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proxy conimaged on the system.
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* ``Use system proxy``: Default, will follow the systems proxy settings.
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On Linux, this will only pick up the value of the variable ``http_proxy``.
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* ``Specify proxy manually as``: Allows to specify custom proxy settings.
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If you require to go through a HTTP(S) proxy server such as Squid or Microsoft
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Forefront TMG, pick ``HTTP(S)``. ``SOCKSv5`` on the other hand is particularly
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useful in special company LAN setups, or in combination with the OpenSSH
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dynamic application level forwarding feature (see ``ssh -D``).
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* ``Host``: Enter the host name or IP address of your proxy server, followed
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by the port number. HTTP proxies usually listen on Ports 8080 (default) or
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3128. SOCKS server usually listen on port 1080.
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* ``Proxy Server requires authentication``: Should be checked if the proxy
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server does not allow anonymous usage. If checked, a username and password
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must be provided.
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Bandwidth Limiting
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The Download Bandwidth can be either unlimited (default) or limited to a
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custom value. This is the bandwidth available for data flowing from the
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Nextcloud Server to the client.
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The Upload Bandwidth, the bandwidth available or data flowing from the
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Nextcloud client to the server, has an additional option to limit automatically.
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When this option is checked, the Nextcloud client will surrender available
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bandwidth to other applications. Use this option if there are issues with
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real time communication in conjunction with the Nextcloud Client.
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.. _ignoredFilesEditor-label:
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The Ignored Files Editor
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.. index:: ignored files, exclude files, pattern
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Nextcloud Client has the ability to exclude files from the sync process.
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The ignored files editor allows editing of custom patterns for files or
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directories that should be excluded from the sync process.
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There is a system wide list of default ignore patterns. These global defaults
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cannot be directly modified within the editor. Hovering with the mouse will
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reveal the location of the global exclude definition file.
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.. image:: images/ignored_files_editor.png
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:scale: 50%
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Each line contains an ignore pattern string. Next to normal characters,
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wildcards can be used to match an arbitrary number of characters, designated
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by an asterisk (``*``) or a single character, designated by a question mark
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(``?``). If a pattern ends with a slash character (``/``) the pattern is only
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applied to directory components of the path to check.
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If the checkbox is checked for a pattern in the editor it means that files
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which are matched by this pattern are fleeting metadata which the client will
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*remove*.
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.. note:: Modifying the global exclude definition file might render the
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client unusable or cause undesired behavior.
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.. note:: Custom entries are currently not validated for syntactical
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correctness by the editor, but might fail to load correctly.
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In addition to this list, Nextcloud Client always excludes files with
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characters that cannot be synced to other file systems.
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With version 1.5.0 it also ignores files that caused individual errors
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while syncing for a three times. These are listed in the activity view.
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There also is a button to retry the sync for another three times.
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For more detailed information see :ref:`ignored-files-label`.
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