I use XP Home as a vnc host and another XP Home as vnc client. If CAPS LOCK is off then all the keys are sent the way they are supposed to. However, if local keyboard CAPS LOCK is turned ON, all keys are sent to the host as if CAPS LOCK is still OFF but the SHIFT key is pressed with every key stroke. This is not an issues with regular keys because it simply becomes upper case, i.e., same effect as if CAPS LOCK was ON. However, issue arises with special keys. For example if CAPS LOCK is ON and "CTRL+F" is pressed (As in MS Word "Find" shortcut key), what the host gets is "CTRL+SHIFT+F". This causes a totally different effect! This is just one example out of huge number of possibilities. Currently the work around I am using is to keep CAPS LOCK OFF as much as possible. However, that is a difficult habit to develop and undevelop!
I think either this should be fixed in hard coding of the sotware or the user be provided an option in settings as to how do they want to handle this situations: As it is OR transmit CAPS LOCK status and then transmit the keys as they are!
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CAPS LOCK on sends keys as if sent with SHIFT is pressed.
CAPS LOCK on sends keys as if sent with SHIFT is pressed.
Last edited by aminxyzx on 2006-06-25 22:17, edited 1 time in total.
Re: CAPS LOCK on sends keys as if sent with SHIFT is pressed
see Additional hotkeys doc for UltraVNC 1.0
http://doc.uvnc.net/install/usage.html
otherwise if is not enough, try
[topic=5792][/topic]
you can customize all your shortcut keys
http://doc.uvnc.net/install/usage.html
otherwise if is not enough, try
[topic=5792][/topic]
you can customize all your shortcut keys
UltraVNC 1.0.9.6.1 (built 20110518)
OS Win: xp home + vista business + 7 home
only experienced user, not developer
OS Win: xp home + vista business + 7 home
only experienced user, not developer
Re: CAPS LOCK on sends keys as if sent with SHIFT is pressed
The above options do not truely provide a solution to the issue mentioned. I have reviewed the source code and the above behavior is by design and either it should not be by design or alternatively offer user an option as to what behavior the user wants.
One of the example of the above issue for clarification is:
If CAPS LOCK is ON and if the user pressed CTRL+F then the keys trasmitted are as if the user pressed CTRL+SHIFT+F.
Basically vnc sends any/all keys to the server as if SHIFT is also pressed at the same time if CAPS LOCK is ON. Thus CTRL+ALT+Q will be CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+Q CTRL+F4 will be sent as CTRL+SHIFT+F4 and so on!
One of the example of the above issue for clarification is:
If CAPS LOCK is ON and if the user pressed CTRL+F then the keys trasmitted are as if the user pressed CTRL+SHIFT+F.
Basically vnc sends any/all keys to the server as if SHIFT is also pressed at the same time if CAPS LOCK is ON. Thus CTRL+ALT+Q will be CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+Q CTRL+F4 will be sent as CTRL+SHIFT+F4 and so on!