virtual session screen resolution
Hi,
I just found out about the new session types and it's great to see the virtual session available!
I think it just is not implemented for now and will come as a logical next addition, but I am currently missing a resolution slider / input box as it is not possible to change the resolution from within the virtual session.
Especially when creating a new sessions but even when taking over sessions I think it should send the information about the new client resolution and adjust?
Thanks!
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Hello
We're happy that you like the new feature!
We know that it's important to be able to choose the resolution for the RDP session. Honestly we wanted to get the feature out there even without having all the final options available. This will come in a release soon, and I'll post back here once it's available.
Thanks and kind regards,
Richard Markievicz
Great, thanks!
Hello again
Thanks for your patience on this; I have a small update here.
First, it's currently tricky for us to resize RDP-enabled sessions "on the fly". MSRDP protocol version 8 does define an extension for this; to my knowledge it's not well supported by 3rd party RDP clients and something we're looking at adapting. While it might be possible to do some kind of "dynamic reconnect" (where the session is stopped and restarted with the new resolution), this is tricky from our side due to the way the RDP session is nested inside the Wayk session. It would require some big changes to support - we prefer to pursue proper integration of the relevant RDP protocol extensions.
So, all that to say - we still don't support resizing a session or specifying the resolution when taking over an existing RDP session.
That said; where a new RDP session will be launched, Wayk Now 2020.2.1 will be released later this afternoon and allows you to specify the desired resolution. You can configure the settings "DesktopWidth" and "DesktopHeight", either via the command-line or directly in your .cfg file.
e.g.
wayk-now config DesktopWidth 1920
wayk-now config DesktopHeight 1080
You can also specify at connection time if you use the command-line, e.g. --login-session virtual --desktop-width 1920 --desktop-height 1080
Ergonomically I realize that's not as good as a "slider" in the UI to select the value, we haven't added this to the UI yet - that will follow in a subsequent release. I'll post back here with further updates on that. In the meantime, please don't hesitate to post with further questions or feedback.
Thanks and kind regards,
Richard Markievicz
Thank you for the update and the details!
Still nice to see it evolving.