PC control
PC control is built into Switchify on Android. Once paired, its Mouse, Typing and Window surfaces drive the computer, and Switchify PC carries out each action.
Move the pointer in eight directions, click, double click, right click, start and end a drag, and scroll. Set the pointer speed, hold to repeat movement, and step between monitors.
Typing
Section titled “Typing”Type live into the focused control, or write a draft and send it when you are ready. Send common keys, shortcuts, held modifiers, and repeating navigation keys such as the arrows, Tab and Backspace.
Window
Section titled “Window”Next and previous app, task view, show desktop, minimise, maximise and close, with Ctrl, Alt, Shift and Start modifiers for shortcuts.
Settings on the computer
Section titled “Settings on the computer”These apply while a phone is controlling the computer:
- Pointer speed, from slow to fast or an exact percentage.
- Repeat: movement, scrolling and key repeat, with an interval and gradual acceleration.
- Click when I stop: a left click after the pointer stops moving, with a countdown you can set.
- Cursor overlay: show a high-visibility marker or crosshairs, choose its size and one of five colours, and show it on input or whenever the phone is controlling.
Remote scanning
Section titled “Remote scanning”The phone’s switches can also drive the computer’s own scanning. On the phone’s Forwarding screen choose Switchify scanning instead of a profile, start, then press Select: Switchify PC’s point scanning, menus and keyboard run exactly as they do for local switches, including hold actions. Up to eight phone switches take part. The computer’s own switch keys are inactive during the session, and Escape remains the emergency stop.