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<h1>Visual Tour<a class="headerlink" href="#visual-tour" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="icon">
<span id="index-0"></span><h2>Icon<a class="headerlink" href="#icon" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The Nextcloud Client remains in the background and is visible
as an icon in the system tray (Windows, KDE), status bar
(macOS), or notification area (Ubuntu).</p>
<img alt="_images/icon.png" src="_images/icon.png" />
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<div class="section" id="menu">
<h2>Menu<a class="headerlink" href="#menu" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<img alt="_images/menu.png" src="_images/menu.png" />
<p>A right click on the icon (left click on Ubuntu and macOS)
provides the following menu:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Open</span> <span class="pre">Nextcloud</span> <span class="pre">in</span> <span class="pre">browser</span></code>: Opens the Nextcloud web interface</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Open</span> <span class="pre">folder</span> <span class="pre">'Nextcloud'</span></code>: Opens the local folder. If multiple
sync targets have been defined, an entry will exist for each local folder.</li>
<li><strong>Disk space indicator</strong>: Shows how much space is used on the server.</li>
<li>Operation indicator: Shows the status of the current sync process, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Up</span> <span class="pre">to</span> <span class="pre">date</span></code> if server and client are in sync.</li>
<li><strong>Recent Changes</strong>: shows the last six files modified by sync operations,
and provides access to the Sync status, which lists all changes
since the last restart of Nextcloud Client.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Settings...</span></code>: provides access to the settings menu.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Help</span></code>: Opens a browser to display this help.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Log</span> <span class="pre">out</span></code>: Logs the client out of the server.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Quit</span> <span class="pre">Nextcloud</span></code>: Quits Nextcloud Client, ending a currently running
sync run.</li>
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<div class="section" id="settings">
<h2>Settings<a class="headerlink" href="#settings" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="account-settings">
<h3>Account Settings<a class="headerlink" href="#account-settings" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p id="index-1">The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Account</span> <span class="pre">Settings</span> <span class="pre">tab</span></code> provides an executive summary about the synced
folders in the account and gives the ability to modify them.</p>
<p>Where:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Connected</span> <span class="pre">to</span> <span class="pre"><Nextcloud</span> <span class="pre">instance></span> <span class="pre">as</span> <span class="pre"><user></span></code>: Indicates the Nextcloud server
which the client is syncing with and the user account on that server.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Add</span> <span class="pre">Folder</span> <span class="pre">Sync</span> <span class="pre">Connection...</span></code>: Provides the ability to add another folder to the sync
(see <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Adding</span> <span class="pre">a</span> <span class="pre">folder</span> <span class="pre">sync</span> <span class="pre">connection</span></code>).</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Pause/Resume</span></code>: Will pause the current sync or prevent the client from
starting a new sync. Resume will resume the sync process.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Remove</span></code>: Will remove the selected folder from being synced. This is used,
for instance, when there is a desire to sync only a few folders and not the
root. First, remove the root from sync, then add the folders to sync as
desired.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Storage</span> <span class="pre">Usage</span></code>: Provides further details on the storage utilization on the
Nextcloud server.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Edit</span> <span class="pre">Ignored</span> <span class="pre">Files</span></code>: Provides a list of files which will be ignored, i.e.,
will not sync between the client and server. The ignored files editor allows
adding patterns for files or directories that should be excluded from the
sync process. Besides normal characters, wild cards may be used, an asterisk
‘*’ indicating multiple characters, or a question mark ‘?’ indicating a single
character.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Modify</span> <span class="pre">Account</span></code>: Allows the user to change the Nextcloud server being synced
to. It brings up the Setting up an Account (see above) windows.</li>
</ul>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/settings_account.png"><img alt="_images/settings_account.png" src="_images/settings_account.png" style="width: 450.0px; height: 348.5px;" /></a>
<div class="section" id="adding-a-folder-sync-connection">
<h4>Adding a Folder Sync Connection<a class="headerlink" href="#adding-a-folder-sync-connection" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4>
<p>Adding a new sync is initiated by clicking <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Add</span> <span class="pre">Folder</span> <span class="pre">Sync</span> <span class="pre">Connection</span></code> in
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Account</span></code> settings.</p>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/folderwizard_local.png"><img alt="_images/folderwizard_local.png" src="_images/folderwizard_local.png" style="width: 808.0px; height: 672.0px;" /></a>
<p>The Directory and alias name must be unique.</p>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/folderwizard_remote.png"><img alt="_images/folderwizard_remote.png" src="_images/folderwizard_remote.png" style="width: 832.0px; height: 666.0px;" /></a>
<p>Select the folder on the server to sync with. It is important to note that, a
server folder can only sync to the client one time. So, in the above example,
the sync is to the server root directory and thus it is not possible to select
another folder under the root to sync.</p>
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<div class="section" id="activity">
<h3>Activity<a class="headerlink" href="#activity" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p id="index-2">The Activity window, which can be invoked either from the main menu (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Recent</span>
<span class="pre">Changes</span> <span class="pre">-></span> <span class="pre">View</span> <span class="pre">more</span> <span class="pre">activity…</span></code>) or the Activity tab on the left side of the settings
window, provides an in-depth account of the recent sync activity. It will show
files that have not been synced because they are on the ignored files list, or
because they cannot be synced in a cross-platform manner due to containing
special characters that cannot be stored on certain file systems.</p>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/settings_activity.png"><img alt="_images/settings_activity.png" src="_images/settings_activity.png" style="width: 852.0px; height: 659.0px;" /></a>
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<div class="section" id="general">
<h3>General<a class="headerlink" href="#general" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p id="index-3">The tab provides several useful options:</p>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/settings_general.png"><img alt="_images/settings_general.png" src="_images/settings_general.png" style="width: 450.0px; height: 394.5px;" /></a>
<ul class="simple">
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Launch</span> <span class="pre">on</span> <span class="pre">System</span> <span class="pre">Startup</span></code>: This option is automatically activated
once a user has conimaged his account. Un-checking the box will cause
Nextcloud client to not launch on startup for a particular user.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Show</span> <span class="pre">Desktop</span> <span class="pre">Nofications</span></code>: When checked, bubble notifications when
a set of sync operations has been performed are provided.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Use</span> <span class="pre">Monochrome</span> <span class="pre">Icons</span></code>: Use less obtrusive icons. Especially useful
on macOS.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">About</span></code>: provides information about authors as well as build conditions.
This information is valuable when submitting a support request.</li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" id="network">
<h3>Network<a class="headerlink" href="#network" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p id="index-4">This tab consolidates <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Proxy</span> <span class="pre">Settings</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Bandwith</span> <span class="pre">Limiting</span></code>:</p>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/settings_network.png"><img alt="_images/settings_network.png" src="_images/settings_network.png" style="width: 450.0px; height: 291.5px;" /></a>
<div class="section" id="proxy-settings">
<h4>Proxy Settings<a class="headerlink" href="#proxy-settings" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4>
<ul class="simple">
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">No</span> <span class="pre">Proxy</span></code>: Check this if Nextcloud Client should circumvent the default
proxy conimaged on the system.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Use</span> <span class="pre">system</span> <span class="pre">proxy</span></code>: Default, will follow the systems proxy settings.
On Linux, this will only pick up the value of the variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">http_proxy</span></code>.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Specify</span> <span class="pre">proxy</span> <span class="pre">manually</span> <span class="pre">as</span></code>: Allows to specify custom proxy settings.
If you require to go through a HTTP(S) proxy server such as Squid or Microsoft
Forefront TMG, pick <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HTTP(S)</span></code>. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SOCKSv5</span></code> on the other hand is particularly
useful in special company LAN setups, or in combination with the OpenSSH
dynamic application level forwarding feature (see <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssh</span> <span class="pre">-D</span></code>).</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Host</span></code>: Enter the host name or IP address of your proxy server, followed
by the port number. HTTP proxies usually listen on Ports 8080 (default) or
3128. SOCKS server usually listen on port 1080.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Proxy</span> <span class="pre">Server</span> <span class="pre">requires</span> <span class="pre">authentication</span></code>: Should be checked if the proxy
server does not allow anonymous usage. If checked, a username and password
must be provided.</li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" id="bandwidth-limiting">
<h4>Bandwidth Limiting<a class="headerlink" href="#bandwidth-limiting" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4>
<p>The Download Bandwidth can be either unlimited (default) or limited to a
custom value. This is the bandwidth available for data flowing from the
Nextcloud Server to the client.</p>
<p>The Upload Bandwidth, the bandwidth available or data flowing from the
Nextcloud client to the server, has an additional option to limit automatically.</p>
<p>When this option is checked, the Nextcloud client will surrender available
bandwidth to other applications. Use this option if there are issues with
real time communication in conjunction with the Nextcloud Client.</p>
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<div class="section" id="the-ignored-files-editor">
<span id="ignoredfileseditor-label"></span><h3>The Ignored Files Editor<a class="headerlink" href="#the-ignored-files-editor" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p id="index-5">Nextcloud Client has the ability to exclude files from the sync process.
The ignored files editor allows editing of custom patterns for files or
directories that should be excluded from the sync process.</p>
<p>There is a system wide list of default ignore patterns. These global defaults
cannot be directly modified within the editor. Hovering with the mouse will
reveal the location of the global exclude definition file.</p>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/ignored_files_editor.png"><img alt="_images/ignored_files_editor.png" src="_images/ignored_files_editor.png" style="width: 450.0px; height: 394.5px;" /></a>
<p>Each line contains an ignore pattern string. Next to normal characters,
wildcards can be used to match an arbitrary number of characters, designated
by an asterisk (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">*</span></code>) or a single character, designated by a question mark
(<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">?</span></code>). If a pattern ends with a slash character (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/</span></code>) the pattern is only
applied to directory components of the path to check.</p>
<p>If the checkbox is checked for a pattern in the editor it means that files
which are matched by this pattern are fleeting metadata which the client will
<em>remove</em>.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Modifying the global exclude definition file might render the
client unusable or cause undesired behavior.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Custom entries are currently not validated for syntactical
correctness by the editor, but might fail to load correctly.</p>
</div>
<p>In addition to this list, Nextcloud Client always excludes files with
characters that cannot be synced to other file systems.</p>
<p>With version 1.5.0 it also ignores files that caused individual errors
while syncing for a three times. These are listed in the activity view.
There also is a button to retry the sync for another three times.</p>
<p>For more detailed information see <a class="reference internal" href="architecture.html#ignored-files-label"><span class="std std-ref">Ignored Files</span></a>.</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#icon">Icon</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#menu">Menu</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#settings">Settings</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#account-settings">Account Settings</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#adding-a-folder-sync-connection">Adding a Folder Sync Connection</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#network">Network</a><ul>
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