Disable certain shortcuts to be sent to the remote host

[deman]

Hello there. I am using NoMachine for about 1-2 years now and I am pretty happy with it. I use it on my Linux machines to connect VMs and work remotely on them.

In Linux you have multiple desktops. I have the NoMachine window open on it’s own desktop in fullscreen mode and have keyboard grabbing enabled.

Is there a way to prevent a certain keytroke to be grabbed by NoMachine? I switch my desktops by using “CTRL+ALT+CURSOR_KEY”, but this shortcut is grabbed by NoMachine. Currently I disable keyboard grabbing by it’s own shortcut, than switch desktops and enable grabbing again, when coming back to NoMachine.

TL;DR:  I want ctrl+alt+cursor_key_left/right excluded from NoMachine keyboard grabbing.

Thanks in advance.

[Carin]

Hi deman,

Thank you for sharing your use case with us.

Unfortunately, this is not possible. In fullscreen mode, NoMachine uses active grabbing so all keys and shortcuts are grabbed.

[deman]

Alright, thank you Carin.

[solotim]

Hi, Carin,

Is it possible to disable literally all shortcuts of NoMachine client?

thanks

solotim

[solotim]

Especially I hate the fact that “Ctrl+Alt+k” turns on/off the “grab keyboard input” option. This is very annoying. I don’t want any shortcut of NoMachine itself.

[Carin]

Hi @solotim,

It is possible to disable the shortcuts in the Shortcuts dialogue of the Input menu. The Shortcuts button in the Input menu opens the list of shortcuts and they can be selectively disabled.
If you want to disable all the shortcuts, this can also be done from the Player Settings, by unchecking the box “Use keyboard shortcuts for quick actions”.

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