On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 10:56 PM, Mike Jumper <mike.jum...@guac-dev.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Greg Trasuk <tras...@stratuscom.com> wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> I’m trying to use Guacamole with an iOS device (I’ve tried both iPad and 
>> iPhone devices) with an IOGear GKB632B keyboard 
>> (https://www.iogear.com/product/GKB632B/)
>>
>> The problem is that Guac doesn’t seem to understand the keyboard mapping, 
>> particularly for the escape key (and I would guess other keys as well, but 
>> all I’m trying to do is use ‘vi’).  On this keyboard When used through 
>> Safari on the iOS devices, the escape key generates a ‘U’ character.  It 
>> works when connected to a MacBook.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
> It's possible that iOS Safari is not actually generating JavaScript
> key events for the keyboard at all. I've seen this in the past with
> bluetooth keyboards on iOS.
>
> What do you see when you try using that keyboard on iOS with the
> generic JavaScript key event tester at
> http://guacamole.apache.org/pub/tests/key-event-test.html ? (Please
> test both with and without the input field focused).
>

Errr ... never mind on not generating events - clearly, if a key is
being typed as a result, even if incorrect, some sort of event is
making it through.

The JavaScript key event tester may reveal what's actually inside
those events, and why Guacamole thinks you're typing a "U".

- Mike

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