[Konsole-devel] [Bug 151811] provide "host key" feature

[Eli MacKenzie]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151811


Eli MacKenzie <argonel at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|provide "press key" feature |provide "host key" feature




--- Comment #5 from Eli MacKenzie <argonel gmail com>  2011-10-25 03:21:36 ---
The only feature I could find in the VirtualBox user manual that resembles this
is documented in the two sections starting at
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#idp7665552

The implementation involves reserving a modifier key (aka the "Host Key") for
the sole use of VirtualBox, and when pressed in combination with other
configured keys you can send a keystroke that would normally be consumed by the
host environment, or cause VirtualBox to capture the keyboard and direct all
keystrokes to the VM. The default VirtualBox host key is the right ctrl key.

In Maciej's example, the ctrl-c combination would actually be entered with the
Host Key and would not be confused with the real ctrl-c combination by Konsole.

In the case of an application like VirtualBox this is fairly straightforward,
but I don't know how the konsolepart would handle this when used in conjunction
with another app. In all likelihood the container app wouldn't be able to offer
the dedicated modifier key, creating a difference in behavior that would be a
source of confusion for those using both Konsole and the kpart.

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