4.8.4 Controlling the window border
PuTTY allows you to configure the appearance of the window border to some extent.
The checkbox marked ‘Sunken-edge border’ changes the appearance of the window border to something more like a DOS box: the inside edge of the border is highlighted as if it sank down to meet the surface inside the window. This makes the border a little bit thicker as well. It's hard to describe well. Try it and see if you like it.
You can also configure a completely blank gap between the text in the window and the border, using the ‘Gap between text and window edge’ control. By default this is set at one pixel. You can reduce it to zero, or increase it further.
4.9 The Behaviour panel
The Behaviour configuration panel allows you to control aspects of the behaviour of PuTTY's window.
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4.9.1 Controlling the window title
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4.9.2 ‘Warn before closing window’
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4.9.3 ‘Window closes on ALT-F4’
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4.9.4 ‘System menu appears on ALT-Space’
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4.9.5 ‘System menu appears on Alt alone’
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4.9.6 ‘Ensure window is always on top’
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4.9.7 ‘Full screen on Alt-Enter’
4.9.1 Controlling the window title
The ‘Window title’ edit box allows you to set the title of the PuTTY window. By default the window title will contain the host name followed by ‘PuTTY’, for example server1.example.com - PuTTY. If you want a different window title, this is where to set it.
PuTTY allows the server to send xterm control sequences which modify the title of the window in mid-session (unless this is disabled - see
section 4.6.5
); the title string set here is therefore only the initial window title.
As well as the window title, there is also an xterm sequence to modify the title of the window's icon. This makes sense in a windowing system where the window becomes an icon when minimised, such as Windows 3.1 or most X Window System setups; but in the Windows 95-like user interface it isn't as applicable.
By default, PuTTY only uses the server-supplied window title, and ignores the icon title entirely. If for some reason you want to see both titles, check the box marked ‘Separate window and icon titles’. If you do this, PuTTY's window title and Taskbar caption will change into the server-supplied icon title if you minimise the PuTTY window, and change back to the server-supplied window title if you restore it. (If the server has not bothered to supply a window or icon title, none of this will happen.)
4.9.2 ‘Warn before closing window’
If you press the Close button in a PuTTY window that contains a running session, PuTTY will put up a warning window asking if you really meant to close the window. A window whose session has already terminated can always be closed without a warning.
If you want to be able to close a window quickly, you can disable the ‘Warn before closing window’ option.
4.9.3 ‘Window closes on ALT-F4’
By default, pressing ALT-F4 causes the window to close (or a warning box to appear; see
section 4.9.2
). If you disable the ‘Window
closes on ALT-F4’ option, then pressing ALT-F4 will simply send a key sequence to the server.
4.9.4 ‘System menu appears on ALT-Space’
If this option is enabled, then pressing ALT-Space will bring up the PuTTY window's menu, like clicking on the top left corner. If it is disabled, then pressing ALT-Space will just send ESC SPACE to the server.