I’m almost done implementing the new “Properties” panel in Royal TS 2.0. The content and functionality is basically the same as in the current version except that it will be available for all types of objects (RDP Connections, Folders, Credentials, ...).

As you can see from the screenshot, the little hint-bar on top of the panel mentions that you can easily pick up a value into the clipboard by double-clicking a row. You can also right click a row to bring up the context menu.

For security reasons, passwords will not be shown in clear text instead an indicator showing that a password is defined is presented to you. But double clicking the “Password” row (or selecting Copy to Clipboard) will actually copy the password into the clipboard. So, Royal TS will also become a very versatile password manager allowing you to organize passwords of all kinds – not only for your connections.

In the context menu, you’ll notice an “Execute” command. This command will only be available in the “Custom Fields” section. In case you store some URL or command line, you can quickly start the command using the Execute menu item.

The Edit command will bring up the usual “Edit->Properties” dialog for the item.

The Properties panel itself, can be “Docked” (always in sight, as seen screenshot), changed to “Auto Hide” (will only slide in when you hover with the mouse over the “Properties” header),  changed to “Float” (panel will show up in a small window, detached from the main window) or even closed (not visible at all). I will post some more details about the docking framework in a couple of weeks but if you are familiar with the Visual Studio docking framework, you’ll get the idea…

Let me know what you think. Any feedback is very much appreciated. If you miss some functionality in this area or have some improvement suggestions, please let me know; now would be a good time ;-)