3cx windows app, CTI mode, answer second call - how?

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i'm about to roll out our new 3cx phone system here and i'm just now getting to mess with the windows 3cx app. If i use the soft phone mode i can have multiple lines (1-5) but changing into CTI mode those vanish. now for the puzzling question. I am on a normal extension meaning no ring group, queue etc. and am on a call, a second call comes in how do i answer this call from the 3cx app? we are transitioning from a shoretel system that i can easily answer multiple calls from the client but i cannot see how to do that here EASILY. i don't even see the app announce the second call but i can hear it beep on my phone. i've managed to see where i can go into receptionist view and see the second call and can park the first and then answer the second but folks aren't going to want to go through all those steps to do something that should be in the main window of the app.

the softphone isn't an option either, people want their physical phones.

the web client isn't an option either people won't open a web browser to answer their phones.

there surely has to be something i'm just not seeing, i can't imagine they wouldn't have made this a standard function.
 
Hi @jholbrookFTLtechnology

This is not currently possible on the desktop client, when in CTI mode the functionality is limited to what you stated above.

I would suggest they either go full softphone mode, or full deskphone mode. Not sure if your use-case requires a hybrid of both or can pick one over the other.
 
thanks for the response, they are planning to use the client in CTI mode and they won't use the webpage and they won't use just a softphone. i will head over to the suggestions forum to see if there is a suggestion to chime in on, are there any plans to change this in the future?
 
Currently not that I'm aware of, functionality is moving more towards CSTA now than CTI
 
well that's unfortunate, perhaps it's just the area i operate in but none of my clients want to use a webpage to control their phones, they all want the desktop client.
 
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