[X2Go-User] Shifting my focus in X2Go

Robert Dinse nanook at eskimo.com
Sat Jan 10 23:47:42 CET 2015


> What does not work regarding fullscreen? If it's a new bug not yet
> recorded in the bug tracker, please submit a new bug report.
>
> Mihai

      Actually I think it's not documented as a bug because it's being 
considered a feature or just the way it works.

      However, with OpenNX or NoMachine Player, you can go full screen without
enabling the full screen support on the X server.  The advantage of this is
that you can still switch desktops, so if you're someone like me who has half
a dozen sessions up to different servers, I can readily switch desktops with
the ALT arrows (or in Linux CTRL-ALT arrows).

      With X2Go, on MacOS to go full screen you have to enable full screen on
the XQuartz X-server and when you do that MacOS virtual desktops cease to
function so you can only have one session up at a time.  Also any other windows 
end up shoing up on top of your remote session which is confusing.

      On Linux there is a related problem, that is X2Go always sends all the
keys to the remote machine including control-alt-arrows so I can't switch
desktops easily with X2Go (I can minimize X2Go and THEN switch desktops under
Linux but still a pain).

      With Remmina and the NX plug-in, normally the control-alt arrow keys still 
function locally, except that there is a one-pixel pull down at the top of the 
menu where you can push on a little keyboard then all the keystrokes go to the 
remote like X2Go, but you can toggle that behavior so if you need to switch 
desktops you easily can.

      The Remmina solution with the toggle I think is really the most elegant
and would love to see something like that implimented in X2Go.


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