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# Interaction Mode

The KiwiApp provides two modes to interaction with your target device:

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Desktop Integration Mode requires firmware version 2.0 or later and Kiwi App 1.3.5+.
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* **Desktop Integration Mode** (default): allows seamless integration between the host desktop and the target screen. In the Desktop Integration Mode:
  * You can interact with the target screen as if it were part of your host desktop, because the mouse pointer can be moved freely across the window boundaries between host and target.
  * You can use your host's keyboard and mouse to control the target directly, without explicitly entering/exiting the target system.
* **Capture/Release Mode**: designed for focused operation on the target computer without conflicting in hotkeys on the host. With the Capture Release Mode:
  * To start interacting with the target computer (Capture), you need to click inside the target screen once then the mouse pointer will be bounded within the target.
  * To leave the target computer and return control to the host (Release), press the following combination of keys:
    * **macOS**:  <kbd>Ctrl + Option</kbd>
    * **Windows/Linux**:  <kbd>Ctrl + Alt</kbd>&#x20;

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The Capture/Release Mode can be particularly helpful for enabling mouse in older versions of BIOS that does not accept mouse movement in Desktop Integration Mode.
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See [General Tab](/cytrence-kiwi-document/kiwi-settings/interactive-blocks.md) in Settings for how to switch between these two modes.