Lost modifier keys in Synergy - Parallels Beta Build 1862

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David Graham

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I completely depend on Synergy to control my multiple machines with one keyboard & mouse. Since I installed the latest Beta I can no longer use ctrl, option or alt modifier keys on my Synergy client machines running Parallels. They still work just fine in the Mac OS X environment but not inside the VM.

I'm assuming that Synergy passes keystrokes in software and Parallels might now be working more directly with hardware. I can't live without Synergy, but I also can't live with my Alt keyboard shortcuts, copy/paste, et al.

Any ideas?

- Dave
 
Yes, it has also screwed up virtue desktops (virtual desktop manager) again,...this happened with another beta at one point but they fixed it, now it's broken again.

There is a debate ongoing about how the keyboard should be treated when you are in the VM's OS, and that debate has everything to do with the problems we are having.

I think the only solution is to provide in the prefs for that VM an exclusion list of keyboard command or key combinations - so that you can specify that a key or combination of keys when pressed is sent to the OS X level, instead of the VM level. Then people can make this decision for themselves on an app by app basis.

I'll hope for something like this in a future release.
 
My "fault" I think, I had enabled access for assistive devices, which for some reason interferes with hot key switching...I am back up and running now! :-)
 
I reported this too - glad to see I'm not alone!

David Graham said:
I completely depend on Synergy to control my multiple machines with one keyboard & mouse. Since I installed the latest Beta I can no longer use ctrl, option or alt modifier keys on my Synergy client machines running Parallels. They still work just fine in the Mac OS X environment but not inside the VM.

I'm assuming that Synergy passes keystrokes in software and Parallels might now be working more directly with hardware. I can't live without Synergy, but I also can't live with my Alt keyboard shortcuts, copy/paste, et al.

Any ideas?

- Dave
Click to expand...

See my post here:

http://forums.parallels.com/thread3645.html

Parallels Support, please respond! This will cause a lot of us to be unable to upgrade to future releases! :(
 
David Graham said:
I'm assuming that Synergy passes keystrokes in software and Parallels might now be working more directly with hardware. I can't live without Synergy, but I also can't live with my Alt keyboard shortcuts, copy/paste, et al.
Click to expand...

Yeh, this was made to allow our VM distinguish left and right keyboard modifiers.
Synergy experience problems cause it passes keystrokes on a lower lewel of the HID stack.
We will ensure compatibility with it before this version leaves beta status.
 
AltGr again...

Good to hear that synergy will be supported again. I also depend on this tool.

Another issue again is AltGR on non-english Keyboards. Since the right alt key on a standard keyboard is used as AltGR now everything works fine unless you're on the road with a MacBook Pro that does not have that key.

Could you please map the "fn" key or a combination of "fn" and "alt" of the MacBook Pro to AltGr so that we can finally type all chars even when we're not working with an external keyboard? I could even live with a small Icon I'd have to klick at if I want a simulated AltGr...

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