diff --git a/app/ui.js b/app/ui.js
index e70419b3..33cd1d48 100644
--- a/app/ui.js
+++ b/app/ui.js
@@ -440,12 +440,15 @@ var UI;
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('encrypt');
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('true_color');
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('cursor');
+            UI.addSettingChangeHandler('cursor', UI.updateLocalCursor);
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('resize');
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('resize', UI.enableDisableViewClip);
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('resize', UI.applyResizeMode);
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('clip');
+            UI.addSettingChangeHandler('clip', UI.updateViewClip);
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('shared');
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('view_only');
+            UI.addSettingChangeHandler('view_only', UI.updateViewOnly);
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('host');
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('port');
             UI.addSettingChangeHandler('path');
@@ -520,18 +523,20 @@ var UI;
 
             UI.enableDisableViewClip();
 
+            if (Util.browserSupportsCursorURIs() && !Util.isTouchDevice) {
+                UI.enableSetting('cursor');
+            } else {
+                UI.disableSetting('cursor');
+            }
+
             if (UI.connected) {
                 UI.disableSetting('encrypt');
                 UI.disableSetting('true_color');
-                UI.disableSetting('cursor');
                 UI.disableSetting('shared');
-                UI.disableSetting('view_only');
                 UI.disableSetting('host');
                 UI.disableSetting('port');
                 UI.disableSetting('path');
                 UI.disableSetting('repeaterID');
-                UI.disableSetting('reconnect');
-                UI.disableSetting('reconnect_delay');
                 UI.updateViewClip();
                 UI.setMouseButton(1);
 
@@ -540,17 +545,11 @@ var UI;
             } else {
                 UI.enableSetting('encrypt');
                 UI.enableSetting('true_color');
-                if (Util.browserSupportsCursorURIs() && !Util.isTouchDevice) {
-                    UI.enableSetting('cursor');
-                }
                 UI.enableSetting('shared');
-                UI.enableSetting('view_only');
                 UI.enableSetting('host');
                 UI.enableSetting('port');
                 UI.enableSetting('path');
                 UI.enableSetting('repeaterID');
-                UI.enableSetting('reconnect');
-                UI.enableSetting('reconnect_delay');
                 UI.updateXvpButton(0);
                 UI.keepControlbar();
             }
@@ -1108,11 +1107,12 @@ var UI;
 
             UI.rfb.set_encrypt(UI.getSetting('encrypt'));
             UI.rfb.set_true_color(UI.getSetting('true_color'));
-            UI.rfb.set_local_cursor(UI.getSetting('cursor'));
             UI.rfb.set_shared(UI.getSetting('shared'));
-            UI.rfb.set_view_only(UI.getSetting('view_only'));
             UI.rfb.set_repeaterID(UI.getSetting('repeaterID'));
 
+            UI.updateLocalCursor();
+            UI.updateViewOnly();
+
             UI.rfb.connect(host, port, password, path);
         },
 
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ var UI;
             var resizeSetting = UI.getSetting('resize');
             // Disable clipping if we are scaling, connected or on touch
             if (resizeSetting === 'downscale' || resizeSetting === 'scale' ||
-                UI.connected || Util.isTouchDevice) {
+                Util.isTouchDevice) {
                 UI.disableSetting('clip');
             } else {
                 UI.enableSetting('clip');
@@ -1700,6 +1700,14 @@ var UI;
             }
         },
 
+        updateLocalCursor: function() {
+            UI.rfb.set_local_cursor(UI.getSetting('cursor'));
+        },
+
+        updateViewOnly: function() {
+            UI.rfb.set_view_only(UI.getSetting('view_only'));
+        },
+
         updateLogging: function() {
             WebUtil.init_logging(UI.getSetting('logging'));
         },
diff --git a/core/rfb.js b/core/rfb.js
index e26e7b12..baf5f3ce 100644
--- a/core/rfb.js
+++ b/core/rfb.js
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@
         },
 
         clipboardPasteFrom: function (text) {
-            if (this._rfb_connection_state !== 'connected') { return; }
+            if (this._rfb_connection_state !== 'connected' || this._view_only) {
+                return;
+            }
             RFB.messages.clientCutText(this._sock, text);
         },
 
@@ -1189,6 +1191,8 @@
 
         _handle_server_cut_text: function () {
             Util.Debug("ServerCutText");
+            if (this._view_only) { return true; }
+
             if (this._sock.rQwait("ServerCutText header", 7, 1)) { return false; }
             this._sock.rQskipBytes(3);  // Padding
             var length = this._sock.rQshift32();
@@ -1486,6 +1490,27 @@
                 this._display.disableLocalCursor();
             }
         }
+
+        // Need to send an updated list of encodings if we are connected
+        if (this._rfb_connection_state === "connected") {
+            RFB.messages.clientEncodings(this._sock, this._encodings, cursor,
+                                         this._true_color);
+        }
+    };
+
+    RFB.prototype.set_view_only = function (view_only) {
+        this._view_only = view_only;
+
+        if (this._rfb_connection_state === "connecting" ||
+            this._rfb_connection_state === "connected") {
+            if (view_only) {
+                this._keyboard.ungrab();
+                this._mouse.ungrab();
+            } else {
+                this._keyboard.grab();
+                this._mouse.grab();
+            }
+        }
     };
 
     RFB.prototype.get_display = function () { return this._display; };