Re: Super key not working in Remote RDP

[Amarjeet Singh]

Thanks Nick.

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 2:19 AM, Nick Couchman  wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Mike Jumper 
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 09:41 Amarjeet Singh  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Team,
>>>
>>> While I am pressing Super key ( as if user is clicking start menu icon )
>>> in RDP. Chrome recognize it as *Meta key* and there is no scan code of
>>> Meta key in base.keymap.
>>>
>>
>> If Chrome is recognizing key X as key Y, that would be a bug in Chrome.
>> The "Super" key should not be recognized by the browser as "Meta".
>>
>>
> It does seem to be Chrome-specific -  the keycode is exactly the same, but
> Chrome seems to recognize the key as a Meta key.  I'm not sure if this is a
> bug or by choice.  Here's the output from your test page in Chrome:
>
> keydowne.keyCode=91e.which=91e.keyIdentifier=undefinede.key=Meta
> e.altKey=falsee.ctrlKey=falsee.altGraphKey=undefinede.metaKey=false
> e.shiftKey=falsee.location=1e.keyLocation=undefined
> keyupe.keyCode=91e.which=91e.keyIdentifier=undefinede.key=Meta
> e.altKey=falsee.ctrlKey=falsee.altGraphKey=undefinede.metaKey=true
> e.shiftKey=falsee.location=1e.keyLocation=undefined
>
> and from Firefox:
>
> keydown e.keyCode=91 e.which=91 e.keyIdentifier=undefined e.key=OS
> e.altKey=false e.ctrlKey=false e.altGraphKey=undefined e.metaKey=false
> e.shiftKey=false e.location=1 e.keyLocation=undefined
> keyup e.keyCode=91 e.which=91 e.keyIdentifier=undefined e.key=OS
> e.altKey=false e.ctrlKey=false e.altGraphKey=undefined e.metaKey=false
> e.shiftKey=false e.location=1 e.keyLocation=undefined
>
> keyCode is 91 for both, but Chrome sets e.metaKey=true, Firefox does not.
>
> -Nick
>

Re: Super key not working in Remote RDP

[Nick Couchman]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Mike Jumper 
wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 09:41 Amarjeet Singh  wrote:
>
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> While I am pressing Super key ( as if user is clicking start menu icon )
>> in RDP. Chrome recognize it as *Meta key* and there is no scan code of
>> Meta key in base.keymap.
>>
>
> If Chrome is recognizing key X as key Y, that would be a bug in Chrome.
> The "Super" key should not be recognized by the browser as "Meta".
>
>
It does seem to be Chrome-specific -  the keycode is exactly the same, but
Chrome seems to recognize the key as a Meta key.  I'm not sure if this is a
bug or by choice.  Here's the output from your test page in Chrome:

keydowne.keyCode=91e.which=91e.keyIdentifier=undefinede.key=Meta
e.altKey=falsee.ctrlKey=falsee.altGraphKey=undefinede.metaKey=false
e.shiftKey=falsee.location=1e.keyLocation=undefined
keyupe.keyCode=91e.which=91e.keyIdentifier=undefinede.key=Metae.altKey=false
e.ctrlKey=falsee.altGraphKey=undefinede.metaKey=truee.shiftKey=false
e.location=1e.keyLocation=undefined

and from Firefox:

keydown e.keyCode=91 e.which=91 e.keyIdentifier=undefined e.key=OS
e.altKey=false e.ctrlKey=false e.altGraphKey=undefined e.metaKey=false
e.shiftKey=false e.location=1 e.keyLocation=undefined
keyup e.keyCode=91 e.which=91 e.keyIdentifier=undefined e.key=OS
e.altKey=false e.ctrlKey=false e.altGraphKey=undefined e.metaKey=false
e.shiftKey=false e.location=1 e.keyLocation=undefined

keyCode is 91 for both, but Chrome sets e.metaKey=true, Firefox does not.

-Nick

Re: Super key not working in Remote RDP

[Amarjeet Singh]

Thanks Mike.

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 12:16 AM, Mike Jumper 
wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 09:41 Amarjeet Singh  wrote:
>
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> While I am pressing Super key ( as if user is clicking start menu icon )
>> in RDP. Chrome recognize it as *Meta key* and there is no scan code of
>> Meta key in base.keymap.
>>
>
> If Chrome is recognizing key X as key Y, that would be a bug in Chrome.
> The "Super" key should not be recognized by the browser as "Meta".
>
> You can verify whether the browser is providing buggy key information by
> using the JS key event tester:
>
> http://guacamole.apache.org/pub/tests/key-event-test.html
>
>
>> If I use the On Screen keyboard Super key is working just fine as if user
>> is clicking on start menu icon.
>>
>
> Sounds like Guacamole is working correctly.
>
> If Chrome wishes to insist that a particular key is actually a different
> key, there's nothing to be done on the Guacamole side. Garbage in, garbage
> out. I suggest opening a bug report with Chrome / Chromium.
>
> - Mike
>
>

Re: Super key not working in Remote RDP

[Mike Jumper]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 09:41 Amarjeet Singh  wrote:

> Hi Team,
>
> While I am pressing Super key ( as if user is clicking start menu icon )
> in RDP. Chrome recognize it as *Meta key* and there is no scan code of
> Meta key in base.keymap.
>

If Chrome is recognizing key X as key Y, that would be a bug in Chrome. The
"Super" key should not be recognized by the browser as "Meta".

You can verify whether the browser is providing buggy key information by
using the JS key event tester:

http://guacamole.apache.org/pub/tests/key-event-test.html


> If I use the On Screen keyboard Super key is working just fine as if user
> is clicking on start menu icon.
>

Sounds like Guacamole is working correctly.

If Chrome wishes to insist that a particular key is actually a different
key, there's nothing to be done on the Guacamole side. Garbage in, garbage
out. I suggest opening a bug report with Chrome / Chromium.

- Mike

Super key not working in Remote RDP

[Amarjeet Singh]

Hi Team,


While I am pressing Super key ( as if user is clicking start menu icon ) in
RDP. Chrome recognize it as *Meta key* and there is no scan code of Meta
key in base.keymap.

Remote OS : Windows 10
Local OS : Windows 10

If I use the On Screen keyboard Super key is working just fine as if user
is clicking on start menu icon.

I mean to say that when I press the start menu key  ( which has windows
logo in it )  it does not have any effect in the Remote RDP.

Am I missing anything ?


Thanks and Regards,
Amarjeet Singh