Using the Web browser control at run-time

For security, the Web browser control does not include the open navigation and setting features of a standalone web browser app. The only ways for the run-time user to interact with the control are SCADA Basic scripting (if used), the keyboard accelerators, and the context menu.

Keyboard accelerators

If enabled in the Web browser control configuration, the following accelerators are available.

Key Description
Escape

Stop content loading

Ctrl+F

Find on Page

Ctrl+G

Find Next

Ctrl+Shift+G

Find Previous

Ctrl+P

Print
Ctrl+R, F5, Reload Key Reload page
Ctrl+Shift+R, Ctrl+F5, Shift+F5, Ctrl+Refresh, Shift+Refresh Reload page and refresh cache
Ctrl+- Zoom out
Ctrl++ Zoom in
Ctrl+0

Reset zoom

F3

Find next

Shift+F3

Find previous
Alt+left arrow Back
Alt+right arrow Forward
Ctrl+Shift+I Open / Close DevTools

Ctrl+Shift+J

Open DevTools console
Ctrl+Shift+C Open DevTools inspect

Context menu

If enabled in the Web browser control configuration, the following context menu commands are available. ClosedShow picture
Web Browser Control context menu

The commands correspond to accelerators, plus the following.

  • Save as - Allows you to save the web browser contents as an HTML file.

  • Create QR code for this page - Generates and download a QR code for the page Url.

  • Share - Share the Url of the page using various communication and social media apps. Outlook, twitter, Facebook, etc.

Some of the commands from the context menu permit access to the host computer resources - Windows Explorer, social media accounts etc. For security purposes you may want to disable this.