yuhao.seu at gmail
Mar 26, 2009, 8:51 PM
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Re: Switch workspace on Linux in VNC full screen mode?
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Hi:
Thanks Mike! I think "F8+f" is exactly what I need, though "F8+F8" is better
to me :-P
I did a search on this topic before, though not able to get a solution:
1 Remap ThinkPad specific "forward/back" keys to switch workspace (as your
first suggestion). It doesn't work in Full Screen mode.
2 People who use VirtualBox on Linux also have similar requirements. But
they can type a "right control" (known as host key) to give up key focus.
3 Use xtightvncviewer instead, which has a defect that fully occupies the
screen even not in FullScreen mode. Then I can switch workspace mean while
view all the contents. Unfortunately its "copy/paste" functionality is too
difficult to use, thus I give up it.
Thanks,
Hao Yu
2009/3/27 Mike Miller <mbmiller+l [at] gmail <mbmiller%2Bl [at] gmail>>
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Hao Yu wrote:
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> We can use "ctrl + alt + left/right/up/down arrow" on Linux to switch
>> workspace rapidly, which is very useful to some guys. But after entering
>> VNC
>> "full screen" mode, these key maps no longer take effect but captured by
>> VNC
>> itself, unless we give up the full screen mode by typeing F8 first then
>> move
>> the cursor to unselect "FullScreen". When I come back to the workspace of
>> VNC, I have to repeat the same steps. This make me quite frustrating: due
>> to
>> a low screen resolution (1024 x 768) of laptop, I have to switch among
>> different workspaces frequently. Is there any body have a suggestion for
>> this? Thanks vey much!
>>
>> Ubuntu 8.10 on ThinkPad X61S
>> xvnc4viewer
>> The VNC server runs on a Redhat with KDE 3.1
>>
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> It would be nice if you could direct those keystrokes elsewhere. Another
> thing that would be nice is if the Free version of the viewer for Linux
> allowed use of "F8 f" (F8 key followed by f key) instead of forcing a mouse
> click. The Windows version does not force a mouse click and accepts the f
> key. You can download the non-free Enterprise viewer and use it, and that
> gives you "F8 f" functionality, but it's not free as in freedom and it's
> also a much larger binary, probably because it is packed with features that
> won't work with the free version of vnc server.
>
> I don't know who's managing the code these days for the free version of the
> viewer, but it shouldn't be hard to add the "F8 f" functionality, possibly
> (I don't really know though!).
>
> Mike
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