adding a hot-key option for "full screen"

[chris cobb]

May I suggest that picking something like ctrl-alt-f
sort of defeats the easy-to-use and quick toggling goal.
I guess it would work, though.  Better than the menu.

I see the point of the interception vs. need to send to the remote program.  Perhaps this is a problem that will grow with VNC.
There are already numerous key combinations that need a "Send to remote computer" on the menu.  This will just add another.

Perhaps a solution is a universal "send next keystroke" key.  Like "\" in programming.  You could even follow the "\\" convention to
send the "send next keystroke" key.


chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kumaran Narayanan" <kums "at" cisco.com>
To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: adding a hot-key option for "full screen"


> Hi all,
>     I agree with Chris Cobb that it would be nice to see a hot key combo
>     for full screen mode. For Tom's concern, we can use a weird key combo,
>     say, ctrl-alt-f or shift-alt-f .. something like that!
>
> Kumaran
>
> >
> > The thing I do not like about this alternate that you suggestion (nothing
> > personal) is that it does use up a key that may be used from some other
> > application on the server. I do not have any problem with what it does right
> > now. It would be a very easy change though. If an application did use F11, I
> > would find it a bigger pain toggling the option back and forth (worst case).
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chris cobb" <suite101 "at" earthlink.net>
> > To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 02:58
> > Subject: adding a hot-key option for "full screen"
> >
> >
> > > (I searched the mailing list archive and online docs before sending this
> > email.  Apologies if it is a duplicate.)
> > > ===
> > > I am using VNC on windows.
> > >
> > > Full screen mode can be activated by the menu and then deactivated by the
> > ctrl-esc menu process.
> > >
> > > This is rather inconvenient when you want to easily switch from full
> > screen and back repeatedly, quickly, and easily.  A more useful
> > > convention would be to assign a singular hot-key (typically F11 in
> > windows) which toggles the full-screen mode.
> > >
> > > This hot key would, of course, be intercepted by the viewer and not be
> > sent to the remote machine.  I do not think this would be a
> > > problem and a setting in the options/preferences could select "intercept
> > F11/don't intercept".  Or, you could just add a "Send F11"
> > > selection next to the others.
> > >
> > > I would find this feature *very* useful, as I think others would.  It
> > doesn't seem that it would be difficult to implement either.
> > >
> > > comments?
> > >
> > >
> > > chris cobb
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