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Novido opened this issue Apr 17, 2025 · 1 comment
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Holding the windows key opens browser tabs #366

Novido opened this issue Apr 17, 2025 · 1 comment

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Novido commented Apr 17, 2025

I noticed that when connected to a windows machine and holding down the windows key it will open up the windows menu and then start opening up edge tabs for as long as I hold it down. Happens in both full screen and windowed mode.

The expected outcome would be that as soon as I release the button the windows menu should pop up.

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Possibly related: #127 - if JetKVM locks the keyboard, I would imagine it would work around or solve this issue

Additional info (Windows client on Chrome): The "Keys" status bar on the bottom shows a list of MetaLeft being appended constantly as this is firing off, momentarily visible if the Start menu ends up in the "open" state after holding down Meta. This list is cleared by pressing any other key to update the status bar. There's also a visual bug that shifts the KVM video pane to the right proportionally to the number of Meta entries in the status bar

My target/attached computer is Linux so I can't confirm or deny the Edge tab behavior, but there is definitely something funky going on with the meta handling - possibly, Windows client-side is stealing and returning keyboard focus from the browser window during this sequence, which is something that doesn't usually happen with any other modifier keys.

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