Target name banner of web sessions
The band at the top of each RDS Proxy web session that shows the target alias and the host of the current page.
Each web session shows the name of its target in a dark band at the top of the window.
The same application often runs on several sites.
Two sessions then look the same, and the user can type into the wrong one.
The band tells them apart.
The band shows the alias Accounting - Lyon plant and the host of the current page, artica.work.
What the band shows
- On the left, in bold: the alias of the target, as written by the administrator.
- On the right: the host name of the page shown in the session.
It follows the navigation.
The band is 28 pixels high.
A long alias is shortened with an ellipsis.
The host name keeps only the characters of a host name, so a page cannot write its own text there.
How it is drawn
The browser bridge draws the band above the image of the page.
Nothing is added to the page itself and its code is not changed.
The page gets the height that remains, so nothing is hidden under the band.
A click in the band never reaches the page, and the page cannot draw over it.
Turn it off for a target
The band is on by default.
Open the web target and clear Show The Target Name At The Top Of The Session.
The option sits under the allowed sites of the target.
The change applies to the sessions opened afterwards.
Requirements
- The band itself needs the browser bridge artica-webview 0.3.3 or later.
- Turning it off needs the same versions as the PAC files: RDS Proxy engine 12.3.25 and authenticator 1.9.5.
With an older engine, the band stays on for every target.
The session is never refused because of the band.
REST API
POST /rdpproxy/targets and PUT /rdpproxy/targets/{id} take web_banner (1 = shown, 0 = hidden).
A request without this field leaves it unchanged.
A new target shows the band.