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Questions tagged [kiosk]

For issues relating to designing and/or deploying software in kiosk environments.

A kiosk is a computer terminal featuring specialized hardware and software designed within a public exhibit that provides access to information and applications for communication, commerce, entertainment, and education. Kiosks usually limit user activity to a specific targeted application with very limited access to other applications or services.

For discussion of the software mode used by kiosks, please use the tag.

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Fully "Kiosking" Chrome (capture and prevent default of C-w/t/n)

I need to prevent Ctrl-w, Ctrl-t, Ctrl-n from doing their default functionality. I know removing user rights is frowned upon, but hear me out before casting judgement. event.preventDefault() only works on lesser key combos like p, but n, t, and w…
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What is Electron's 'kiosk' mode?

What exactly does kiosk: true in the BrowserWindow config of a new ElectronJS window do? The documentation just states that the parameter indicates, that the window is in 'kiosk' mode. I was unable to find information on what this means.
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Chromium: disable left swipe back navigation on RPi running in kiosk mode with Chromium?

I have a RPi 4 running in kiosk mode with a 7inch display which opens up Chromium at boot with the following parameters (which disable pinch zooming and info-bar): chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-infobars --kiosk --incognito…
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Android Kiosk mode not working when using Android Management API Policy

So I'm trying to get a single use, dedicated app + device to work in kiosk mode + auto launch. The app itself is built in Nativescript (with Angular), so not native Java, however this is still handled via an admin receiver etc as normal. When we use…
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Looking for a localizable WPF Keyboard control for Kiosk

I'm working on a project that is using WPF on an XPe box that will be deployed as a kiosk application (touchscreen only, no keyboard/mouse), and we have the need for an onscreen keyboard. We can't use the built-in XP one because the buttons are too…
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Deny Access to Kiosk program process

I have a kiosk app and have to disable task manager always to prevent closing the program by users . But some users need the TaskManager to close hanging programs. Any help would be appropriated. However, I am sure there is a function in…
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How to create a COSU app? No Active Admin Error

I am currently trying to create a COSU app. I want to lock the user into the app, and disable all functionality to leave, e.g. Home button, menu button, back button, toolbar, ect. I have followed the guide here:…
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Kiosk Mode on non-managed Chromeboxes?

I'm trying to turn on Kiosk mode for an non-managed chrome box following the official instructions but when I'm on the chrome://extensions page in developer mode there is no Add kiosk application option. Did this get removed at some point leaving…
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Google Chromebook / Chromebook Kiosk mode - does the browser/app run in incognito mode? Does it accept cookies?

I have successfully set up a Chromebook on Kiosk mode, however the app don't seem to remember my login details via cookies. i.e. if I click on "Remember me" on the webpage after I enter my username and password, it will not remember it next time it…
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Android printing in kiosk mode

I'm trying to build an Android application that will run in Kiosk mode. Guests will scan their tickets, and a name tag should automatically print for them with a welcome message on it. I'm trying to do this using Google Cloud Printing. Right now I'm…
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HTML 5 / Javascript for kiosk based applications

Does anyone have any experience using HTML 5 and Javascript to build long running kiosk applications? We are currently using Silverlight but would like to move to something more lightweight/flexible. Things we are concerned about are potential for…
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Change Chrome 4xx Page

I'm deploying a kiosk system that uses Chrome to display a java web app running in jetty started with a windows service wrapper. It takes some time after the system starts for jetty to be ready to serve content so for now I have a wait occurring…
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Opening application via ssh on iOS devices

I have seen ways to open applications on linux and Mac devices but can't seem to get the same idea working for iOS devices. I have jailbroken my device and have ssh access and would like to open an app without having to visit the device? This idea…
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Chromium Kiosk Mode lock down every way to escape the intended webpage (Tabs, Bookmarks, Settings, etc.)

I would like to use the chromium browser in a project, where only one webpage is shown in fullscreen. The user needs full mouse and keyboard support, so I plan to use wayland as desktop environment. Chromium Kiosk mode --kiosk is a great start (see…
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Can Flash or Silverlight be used for kiosk applications? How?

My experience is only with Flash and I'm afraid I have not kept up to date. The last time I tried this I was vaguely remember having a problem with Flash where it would slowly eat memory until eventually the OS locked up. That was a couple of…
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