On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 11:07 AM Vieri <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Does anyone know how to properly sned the CTRL-W characters in an RDP or > SSH session? > > I'm connecting to an RDP session, and from within it I'm opening a ssh > client. I then edit a text file with nano, and I'd like to search text with > the CTRL-W shortcut. That closes the Firefox tab instead. > > Yes, unfortunately it's a bit difficult to insure that all key combinations get passed through, as both the Operating System (window manager) and the browser have first rights on translating those key combinations. This has been discussed a bit in a previous JIRA issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-121 There are a couple of things that may help with it, though: * In some browsers (Chrome) you can use the "Make Shortcut" option to create a desktop icon for the web page that makes it act more like a stand-alone application. In some situations this disables some of the interception of key combinations by the web browser for that particular window and allows those combinations to be passed through to the browser. So, it might be worth a shot. * There is a JIRA issue and some work being tested to try to get the new Keyboard Lock API to work ( https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-989) - this may resolve some of the issues if we can get that implemented. Unfortunately it still isn't going to make everything work within the browser - even with the Keyboard Lock API, the O/S and browser still get to decide what is passed through and what is locked, and, there have been reports regarding the Keyboard Lock API that many system combos (e.g. Alt-Tab) are still intercepted locally by the O/S or browser and not passed through. So, it may solve your Ctrl-W issue, it may not. -Nick
