About the Button App

Every paired Button has a ClickShare App installed, called the Button App. No installation is required to use the Button App. The Button App looks and functions like the Desktop App.

If a Desktop App is installed, then Button App uses the settings from the Desktop App. In this case, any changes done to the settings using the Button App are saved to the settings of the Desktop App. When no Desktop App is installed, a default configuration is used by the Button App. Any settings modifications done in this case are not saved.

For more information on how to adjust the settings, see “Desktop App and Button App options”.

Button App protocols

The Button App must use a protocol to launch on the connected computer. Which protocol is used depends on the generation of the Button:

• For a 4th gen Button or older, the standard USB protocol is used.
• For a 5th gen Button or newer, the DisplayPort Alt Mode protocol is used with the standard USB protocol as fallback.

Windows and MacOS functionality

During pairing, a Windows and MacOS partition are created. Only the partition with the same operating system as the user device becomes active, the other becomes invisible to the user device.

Linux functionality

By default Linux is not supported by ClickShare. However, DisplayPort Alt Mode can trick a Linux system to duplicate the screen content. The Button can then use this duplicated content to share the screen on the meeting room display. Whether this duplication works depends on the Linux installation, the DisplayPort Alt Mode version of the Button and what is running on the computer.

No Linux ClickShare App version exists.