[X2Go-User] Shifting my focus in X2Go

[Robert Dinse]

      I don't believe so.  If it did, things I already had displayed would go
away when the new X-server started.

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On Sun, 11 Jan 2015, Mihai Moldovan wrote:

> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 07:39:34 +0100
> From: Mihai Moldovan <ionic at ionic.de>
> To: Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com>
> Cc: x2go-user at lists.x2go.org
> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] Shifting my focus in X2Go
> 
> On 10.01.2015 11:47 PM, Robert Dinse wrote:
>> Actually I think it's not documented as a bug because it's being
>> considered a feature or just the way it works.
>
> Reading all that, it probably is.
>
>
>> 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).
>
> Does the NoMachine Player even use normal X11/XQuartz? I think it might
> ship an integrated server, custom-tailored to their needs.
>
>
>> 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.
>
> True. The only workaround seem to be specifying a full screen session
> and go along with the still visible menu bar. Without the XQuartz full
> screen option. You do can switch between windows/sessions via the X11
> menu bar -> Window -> ... though. Is this not an option for you?
>
>
>> 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.
>
> X2Go does however not control/ship the X server. If anything, this could
> be implemented in the NX window only, but that sounds like A LOT of work
> for little benefit. (Say, a drop-down menu "above" all the remote stuff
> which can be pulled down or hidden.)
>
>
> Mihai
>
>
>