World Stream viewer toolbars

Need to access stats for an online session, manage text input, or adjust your stream settings? Learn more about the World Stream toolbar.

Overview

World Stream features a toolbar designed to help users address common streaming issues. This toolbar is located at the top of your browser window.

The location of the AWS World Stream toolbar.

When your World Stream session is conducted in-browser, the World Stream toolbar will persist at the top of your screen. In full-screen mode, the World Stream toolbar will retract, and can be called back by hovering your cursor near the top center edge.

World Stream toolbar tour

Each side of the toolbar contains different functions. Before we delve into more deeply into specific topics, here is a brief overview.

The left side.

Toolbar button	Functionality
Clipboard	Allows you to copy and paste from the remote session to your local machine, and vice versa.
Settings	Expands the Settings menu, where you can adjust your screen resolution and streaming mode and change the language settings.
Full-screen toggle	Allows you to toggle between full-screen and windowed mode.

The right side.

Toolbar button	Functionality
Fn shortcuts	Calls up a virtual keyboard that can be used to enter function shortcuts.
User	Allows you to log out of the World Stream session.

Copying and pasting

AWS runs Breakroom on a remote machine with its own clipboard, so copying and pasting text into your session is a slightly more complex process. The World Stream toolbar gives you the ability to copy and paste text between the Breakroom stream and your own computer.

Copying text from World Stream

To copy text from a World Stream session, follow these steps.

An example of text highlighted within a Breakroom World Stream session.

1. Highlight the text you want to copy within your Breakroom World Stream Session, and press Ctrl + C on your keyboard.

The Clipboard button drop-down menu.

2. Hover your cursor over the Clipboard button in the World Stream toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear. Click the "Copy to local device" option.

The "Copy to local device" pop-up.

3. A pop-up window will appear containing your highlighted text. Highlight the text again, and press Ctrl + C a second time to copy the text to your local computer clipboard. You can then paste it wherever you like.

Pasting text into World Stream

To paste text into a Breakroom World Stream session, follow these steps.

1. Highlight the text on your local computer and press Ctrl + C to copy it.

2. Hover your cursor over the Clipboard button in the World Stream toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear. Click the "Paste to remote session" option.

3. A pop-up window will appear. Click on the blank text field, and press Ctrl + V to paste the text to the remote machine clipboard.

4. Once the text is entered, you can press Ctrl + V to paste the text anywhere you like in-world, including local text chat fields.

World Stream settings

The Settings button drop-down menu.

Hovering your cursor over the Settings button will reveal a drop-down menu. Several key stream settings are available here, including streaming mode and screen resolution, streaming metrics, and regional and language settings.

Several options listed under the Settings button have no influence over Breakroom, and should not be clicked. This includes the "Enable microphone" and "Enable webcam" options. For more information about enabling your microphone or webcam, please see our conferencing system documentation.

Streaming mode

The Streaming Mode window.

Clicking on the "Streaming mode" option will call up the Streaming Mode window. Here you can select whether you would like to run Breakroom under "Best responsiveness" or "Best quality" settings by clicking the radio button next to your preferred option.

You can also use this window to track streaming metrics in real time. To access streaming metrics, click the V arrow located next to Show Streaming Metrics. The window can be moved around your screen to a more convenient location if necessary.

Screen resolution

The "Screen resolution" drop-down menu.

To change your World Stream session screen resolution, follow these steps.

1. Hover your cursor over the Settings button in the World Stream toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.

2. Hover your cursor over the "Screen resolution" option. A pop-up window will appear. Click on the resolution option you would like to use.

Regional settings

The Regional Settings window.

Clicking on the "Regional settings" option will call up the Regional Settings window. Here you can customize your time zone and location.

If you are using a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean keyboard, you can also specify your keyboard language in this window. To do so, follow the steps below.

1. Hover your cursor over the Settings button in the World Stream toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.

2. Hover your cursor over the "Regional Settings" option. A pop-up window will appear.

3. Using the Input method drop-down menu, select the keyboard language you would like to use.

4. Click the Save button.

Function shortcuts

The AWS World Stream toolbar function shortcuts.

Clicking the Fn shortcuts button in the World Stream toolbar will open a virtual on-screen keyboard that you can click with your mouse cursor or finger. For a cheat sheet of Breakroom keyboard shortcuts, please see this page.

If refreshing your stream using the button in the World Stream toolbar doesn't work, try refreshing your connection by clicking the Refresh button in your browser tab.