Altgr keys in Web client

[swizzly]

Hi,

The altgr+key combinations do not work in the NoMachine Webclient as expected e.g. altgr+7 which should result in a pipe character on a Swiss German keyboard layout. I tried several combinations, but none of them seem to work. The virtual keyboard, that works as expected, but of course it cannot really substitute the real keyboard. I noticed, if I have NoMachines virtual keyboard on the screen it detects (the keys get colored) the key-pushes on the HW keyboard correctly, but no output is generated in the text window.

I analyzed the issue using the “xev” application on Linux, and I found the following:

1) using normal NoMachine client and pushing the altgr+7, that results in the pipe “|” character looks like this:

KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xf3, subw 0x0, time 120261643, (1861,-300), root:(1863,603),
state 0x90, keycode 16 (keysym 0x7c, bar), same_screen YES,
XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 10
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) “|”
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7c) “|”
XFilterEvent returns: False

2) using NoMachine webclient and pushing altgr+7 generates this output:

KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xf3, subw 0x0, time 120261435, (1861,-300), root:(1863,603),
state 0x10, keycode 108 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen YES,
XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False

I use NoMachine Cloud Server-5.1.54-2.x86_64 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux v6.8 server, on the client side I use Internet Explorer 11.0.9600 on Windows 7 PC.

Cheers

[Shoti]

Hi swizzly,

Thank you for reporting this issue and for your detailed report.

We created a trouble report for this issue and our developers are already working on a solution. You can access the trouble report here: https://www.nomachine.com/TR11N07320

Please note you can check the box “Notify me when the TR is closed” and an email will be sent to you when a fix for the trouble report will be closed released.

[Britgirl]

Update your installation to 5.1.62, a fix has been released.

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