Subject: Bug#1192: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#1192: Wishlist: Add alternative key combos for windowed mode

From: Mike Gabriel <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 07:36:39 +0000

Hi Stefan,

On  Mi 12 Jul 2017 23:22:44 CEST, Stefan Baur wrote:

> package: x2goagent
> priority: wishlist
>
> At present, there's a server-side configuration file
> /etc/x2go/keystrokes.cfg
> (and optional per-user settings in ~/.x2go/config/keystrokes.cfg *on the
> server*) that define which key combinations trigger actions in X2Go,
> like suspending the session or toggling between fullscreen and windowed
> mode.
>
> In windowed mode, it is currently impossible to switch from one
> application to another using Alt-Tab - it will always apply to the
> "outer session", the local display (X on Linux, GDI or whatever on
> Windows, $SOMEOTHERMAGIC on macOS).
>
> Microsoft has the same issue with RDP sessions.
>
> This is why Windows RDP sessions use the following mapping when running
> in windowed mode:
> <https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/windows/desktop/aa383500(v=vs.85).aspx>
> e.g. Alt-Tab is replaced with Alt-PgUp, and Alt-Shift-Tab with Alt-PgDn.
>
> It would be nice if we could add this to our configuration, so that a
> set of Ctrl-Alt-$SPECIALKEY commands can get mapped to other key
> combinations inside the session, so that e.g. Ctrl-Alt-PgUp would
> trigger an Alt-Tab keypress/release inside the session.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Stefan Baur

this is work in progress for nxagent upstream:
https://github.com/ArcticaProject/nx-libs/pull/393

Mike
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