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Kiosk Mode UPDATED

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A “Kiosk” mode is a feature found in most browsers that limits user access on a computer to specific web pages only. In Kiosk mode, browser windows are full screen and the address, tools, menu, and status bars are hidden from use and not displayed.


Configure your browser to run at startup in your

Windows: Configure your browser to run at startup

The following steps will work with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows 10.

To make a web browser launch automatically during startup, create a shortcut to the browser and place it in the Windows Startup folder:

  1. Click Start followed by Run and type:
    • %userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
  2. Please note that this location will only affect your user profile at startup; if you would rather have the browser launch at startup for every user who logs on to the computer, place the browser shortcut in this location instead:
    • %allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
  3. This opens the Startup folder for the current (or every) user profile.
  4. Next, right-click inside folder and choose New followed by Shortcut and provide the path to the browser for which you want to execute at startup.
  5. Alternately, you can simply just drag the browser shortcut to this folder too.

macOS

This will work for OS X Lion (10.7) through macOS Catalina (10.15).

  1. Go to System Preferences > Users and Groups (or Accounts in some older versions).
  2. Click on the user for which you want your browser to run at startup.
  3. Select the Login Items tab.
  4. Click on the + (plus) icon.
  5. Select your browser and click Add.

Chrome OS

Researcher

There are several adjustments you may need to make to your Researcher preferences and settings if you're using kiosks.

Open in same tab

If your browser is locked to a single window or tab, you'll want to make sure your Explore buttons open in the same tab. To do this, go to Tools > Explore Builder and make sure Open in New Tab or Browser Window is unchecked for each button in every Explore pane you're using.

There's currently no way to get back to your main Researcher page from Bulletins, and going to Status from Search will open a new tab.

Inactivity timeout

Set Researcher to refresh every five minutes of inactivity by going to Preferences > Researcher > Researcher and changing the Timeout dropdown at the bottom to 5 Minutes. This way, if a patron doesn't clear their screen or log out before leaving the kiosk, Researcher will do it automatically.