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 <mbmille...@gmail.com <mbmiller%...@gmail.com>> > On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Hao Yu wrote: > > 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 >> > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
