Allowing keyboard capture for Remmina, Virt Manager and other software in GNOME Wayland

Izhar Firdaus Follow Support Sep 23, 2023 · 1 min read

Allowing keyboard capture for Remmina, Virt Manager and other software in GNOME Wayland

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One capability seems missing in Wayland compared to X11 is the ability to fully capture keyboard events, for example when using remote desktop tools or virtual machines.

Apaprently, this is implemented differently now in Wayland, where the desktop evironment need to allow application to inhibit shortcut keys. To do this in GNOME, go do Settings > Apps > $application_name and allow Inhibit shortcuts

Wayland inhibit shortcut

Written by Izhar Firdaus Follow Support

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