On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM Soeren Malchow <soeren.malc...@convotis.com.invalid> wrote:
> Dears, > > i was trying to search whether there is any possibility to run guacamole > in a browserwindow in fullscreen and catch all keyboard input except a > "release" shortcut to exit the remote desktop. > Something like using virtual box where mouse and keyboard can be fully > used in the virtual machine window and on something like "Right Crtl" > releases mouse and keyboard. > > Did anyone do this before or can you point me to the right direction ? > > Today, no, but coming in the 1.6.0 release, there is some support for Fullscreen and Keyboard Lock: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-1525 That said, I would not expect too much from this. The locking of the keyboard input to the display will not be the same as a Virtual Box (or VMware Console, or Qemu, etc.) where literally all of the keyboard input is locked to the display. The browser and window manager (Windows, Mac OS, or Linux - KDE, Gnome, Xfce, etc.) can still capture certain keystrokes and intercept those. For example, in my testing of this feature, when Full Screen and Keyboard Lock were activated, Alt-Tab was still captured by the local Window Manager and not sent on to the VM. Web Browser/JavaScript is still somewhat limited in how much it can capture and "strong" that capture is. There will undoubtedly be some key combinations that it helps with, so I'm not saying it's of no value, but there will also be some that it is unable to capture. -Nick >
