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#101
Originally Posted by Dr. Faustroll
I have the latest version of VNC Viewer working like a charm. I have, however, run into two text input-related bugs:

- I cannot type any caps via the onscreen keyboard - they are always rendered in lowercase;
- Selecting "Paste" from the keyboard input options does not work.

I know that neither of these is a problem with my VNC server (OSXvnc), since other VNC viewers do not run into either of these issues.
I have the same problem, both with OSXvnc 1.6.1 and with the newly released Vine Server 2.0. (OSXvnc changed its name with the latest release.

Some more information:

It's not specifically a CAPS thing. Any character that would require the shift key on a normal keyboard shows up as the un-shifted version. Thus:
  • Shift + "a" shows up on the other system as "a"
  • CAPS + "a" -> "a"
  • Shift + "1" -> "1"
  • "@" -> "2" (Note: "@" does not require the shift key on the virtual keyboard. It still shows up as a "2". Similarly, with "!".)

The symbol palette on the virtual keyboard doesn't work. If the symbol in question is a Shifted version of something on a standard keyboard, it shows up as the unshifted version. (e.g., "%" becomes "5".) Otherwise, if it's a Greek letter or the like, nothing happens at all.

One can't input capital letters with the handwriting recognition either.

However, this problem is confined to the on-screen input methods. I hooked up a Freedom bluetooth keyboard using kbdd, and it worked fine. I could input capital letters, symbols, etc.


Looking at the bug reports and release notes for OSXvnc/Vine Server (sourceforge project), it appears there are other keyboard-related issues with this server. There are problems with non-US layouts, for example. I'm not sure whether these are related problems.


Thanks for this wonderful application! It's one of the most useful things I've got on my 770. I haven't had any problems other than this text input issue. I do have one feature request: it would be nice if VNC Viewer had some way to store/bookmark favorite server addresses. An alternative would be for VNC Viewer to process command line arguments; I'd be happy if "vncviewer example.org" launched VNC Viewer and tried to connect.

(To simulate this functionality, I stored my server's domain name as a handwriting shortcut. It does save some typing, though I have to switch input modes.)

Thanks again,

Chris