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Re: Grab keyboard on wayland/gnome3

stuckj2 — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:44:17 GMT

Sure. I'm attaching them to this reply from a resume I just did.

Re: Grab keyboard on wayland/gnome3

stuckj2 — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:26:41 GMT

Thanks @banackm. I tried this, but still no luck:

gsettings get org.gnome.mutter.wayland xwayland-allow-grabs "true" gsettings set org.gnome.mutter.wayland xwayland-grab-access-rules "['vmplayer','vmware-vmx','mksSandbox']"

I would think it is the UI that needs the grab exception, right? Since that is the part interacting with mutter.

Re: Grab keyboard on wayland/gnome3

stuckj2 — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 03:31:36 GMT

For now just adding Super to your shortcut seems to be the only viable workaround (e.g., Super-Alt-Tab instead of Alt-Tab, etc). Not ideal, but better than having no shortcut.

Definitely interested in a fix from vmware on this.

Re: Menu-bar shortcut key

stuckj2 — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 17:48:07 GMT

I found this while trying to find a solution for exactly the same thing. I use my VM on my laptop monitor with an external monitor above it. I connect a USB trackpad directly to the VM so I can get gestures and more detailed scrolling since VMWare doesn't emulate a trackpad (which is a separate thing that would be REALLY helpful). Whenever the host sleeps, e.g., when I get a cup of coffee (short sleep time), the trackpad is disconnected, and trying to re-connect it requires this stupid menu juggling act.

Found a solution in the comments of this SO post: https://superuser.com/q/1475595

TL;DR, hit your key combo for releasing key capturing (Ctrl-Alt by default) then press, Alt-M (or another letter to get to another menu item) to open the VM menu. This pops the bar into view with the VM menu opened. Do whatever you want on the bar from there.

Almost as good as a hotkey, but requires 2 keystrokes.