|
Background
My laptop arrived a couple of weeks ago and on the weekends I use it in a different space in my home so I don't feel like I'm in The Office (I'm WFH since Covid).
My main desktop in The Office is running Ubuntu 20.04 and I'm very happy with it. I use a program called Remmina[^] which allows me to remote to my work Win10 desktops.
Since yesterday was a weekend I was running my new Win10 laptop and I remoted to work for something using Windows RDP.
Visual Studio Code In Full-screen Mode - Ugh!
I got stuck in a mode where Visual Studio Code on the remote machine was in full-screen mode.
I could not figure out how to send a CTRL-TAB to switch through windows on the remote.
Remmina Supports Keyboard
In Remmina there is a simple toolbar that you use that allows you to choose to Send All Keyboard commands to remote when floating over the remote window. See snapshot[^].
Does RDP Let You Send Keyboard Commands?
I could not find this option anywhere in Win10. Is this removed from Win10 RDP?
Is it the version of Win10 that I'm running? I'm running Windows 10 Home 64 Plus and of course it is updated to the latest version.
I'm totally knocked out by this, if the feature to send special keys to the remote under Win10 RDP is gone or unavailable. And even if the option is there, it is so difficult to find that it is almost useless anyways. I never found it.
Is this the situation? What have you found?
If RDP doesn't support this, it literally means it is better to use Linux to remote to a Win10 desktop than it is to use Win10.  
|
|
|
|
|
Click on other options when you open RDP. Under Show Options, local settings are choices.
The connection bar may be set to "disappear" like the task bar. move your cursor a little above the center of the screen.
Got my second shot yesterday. Tee shirt contest winner: "I see no good reason to act my age"
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
|
|
|
|
|
Ok, I'm trying this...
I have my RDP set to full-screen and I'm attempting to float around the middle here at the top bar, right? See snapshot[^].
I have the option set in RDP connection setup -- see snapshot[^].
I still never see something. I thought I remember in the past you float around there and then it suddenly appears??? 
|
|
|
|
|
Things like Alt Tab work for me. I think Remmina is more flexible. I like RDPs video scaling better. I don't remote much, I run all my Windows "systems" in VM's. Only when I help someone remotely via VPN.
Edit: Use TightVNC
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
|
|
|
|
|
Yeah, I guess that what is supposed to happen is that when I go into full-screen mode on the RDP then it should grab all keystrokes. I'm not sure I tried that the other day, but I thought I did as a last resort.
Of course, like you said, it is a lot better to be able to grab keystrokes even if not in full-screen mode. I also like that remmina allows me to save my login passwords so I double-click a remote machine and it logs me in. I know this is probably security hole but I still like it. 
The final point is that using MS RDP is annoying and isn't really user-friendly user-helpful. Well, that is to be expected. 
|
|
|
|
|
if RDP is in full screen mode it should capture the special key strokes. IT does not when not in full screen mode. and yes it can be quite annoying.
Remmina is good. But I still actually prefer RDP in Win10 for Windows Servers. But I might be a special case.  yes I know.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
|
|
|
|
|
rnbergren wrote: if RDP is in full screen mode it should capture the special key strokes.
Ok, in full-screen mode "it should capture the special key strokes". I thought so too.
rnbergren wrote: IT does not when not in full screen mode. and yes it can be quite annoying.
Wait? Are you saying it does not when in full screen mode? Not trying to be a smart-a** here but I'm confused. I think Win10 RDP has problems because this is way too much explaining going on, right?
|
|
|
|
|
I agree this is way to much explannations for what should be simple.
The double negative throwing ya off huh. I don't know if I should not be worrying none about that there non negative not!
HAHAHA! There I went full smart ass. I am glad you figured it out.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
|
|
|
|
|
Ok, I did notice that when I full-screen RDP then it does seem to take keystrokes. I thought I tried that the other day and it still didn't work. Thanks for your help. 
|
|
|
|
|
Non Sequitur - Alexa[^] 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
|
|
|
|
|
Too be fair, the shirt was hideous and made him look like a dork. Alexa, his digital wife, saved him from the embarrassment that he obviously was not able to do himself.
|
|
|
|
|
That's why I keep the big hammer inside the house...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
modified 15-Feb-21 5:57am.
|
|
|
|
|
I save on both Alexa and the big hammer - I haven't bought either.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
|
|
|
|
|
Big hammers are useful.
You never know when you might meet a big nail.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
|
|
|
|
|
I wasn't talking about Alexa, but the wife...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
|
|
|
|
|
and this is why we don't have any of those in the house. Just too much.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
|
|
|
|
|
|
Touch upon parapet in battle (9)
(Don't yell at me, I stole if from my Saturday paper. Been rebuilding laptop all day...)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
Appertain ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
|
|
|
|
|
Yep. Solution?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
Anagram of parapet in
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
|
|
|
|
|
So ... Sydney Morning Herald guy, then? 
I didn't know anybody still used paper papers, if you know what I mean!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
|
|
|
|
|
These days I still buy the Saturday SMH and it's Sunday mate. Herself does most of the puzzles, and uses the paper TV guide for the week. They tend to wind up under the cat's dirt box. "News" we tend to get online or half an hour of ABC TV.
The SMH uses multiple cruciverbalists, and they are graded from quite easy on Mondays to difficult on Saturdays. I can usually get about half the Saturday ones.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
Peter_in_2780 wrote: They tend to wind up under the cat's dirt box.
I use "puppy training pads" instead of newspaper because they are both more absorbent and have a waterproof underside, which helps when furface isn't feeling any too accurate ...
They work out at about £0.10p each if you buy a 100 off pack, which is far cheaper than a newspaper as well. ($AU 0.18, I think)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
|
|
|
|
|
The Metro is free and a perfect excuse for a 20 minute walk each morning to the station and back. Plus it has a cryptic and an easy (too easy, usually) crossword and 3x sudoku. Herself likes the "lifestyle" pages and we use half of them to light the fire each evening and the other half under the cat tray.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
