Swapped Characters Y and Z on German keyboard
Hi Devolutions,
when connecting via RDP my Android device to my Windows workstation the keys y and z are swapped.
Only the two ones, all other keyboard keys send their correct symbol.
Environment:
Server (connected-to device): Windows 10, 2004, installation language German, loggedon UI German
Client (connected-from device): Samsung Galaxy S10e or Samsung Tab A, both Android 10 with German UI
App: RDM Android V2020.2.1.0
RDP-Settings in RDM: Local Resources > Keyboard: German (Germany), Send input as unicode: Default
Tested alternatives/workarounds:
a) installed second keyboard "English (United States), US-keyboard layout" on Windows PC.
When switching to this keyboard within a RDP session Y and Z are on their right keyboard position AND all other keys are also like on a German keyboard (not in US-Keyboard layout! BTW: Same constellation directly working from console with a German keyboard -> US-keyboard is applied ";" below "ö", "/" below "-" caps, ...)
b) Setting "Send input as unicode: True" in RDP-Connection property.
Y and Z are correctly end to programs (keyboard layout on PC: German) BUT CTRL-Y and CTRL-Z are still swapped, meaning when I'm pressing CTRL-Z on the Android German Keyboard the PC is receiving CTRL-Y
Can you fix this?
Regards
Markus
All Comments (6)
Hi,
In your RDP entry, have you tried to set the keyboard layout to one of the German layouts (German, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland)?
This option is located at the same place as the "Send input as unicode" option.
Best Regards,
Nicolas Dufour
Hi Nicolas,
no difference between the various German keyboard variants (I tried them all).
Best regards
Markus
Hi Markus,
Thank you for the info.
We will investigate.
Best Regards,
Nicolas Dufour
Hi Markus,
This issue should be fixed in the next release (2023.2).
Best Regards,
Nicolas Dufour
Hi everyone,
I'm facing the same issue 4 years later with my Samsung S8 Plus (German version). In Settings, I've tried switching between German (Germany) and German (Austria), but the Z/Y keys are still swapped.
Interestingly, if I switch the remote machine's language to English, the Z/Y keys go back to normal. However, other symbols don’t work correctly anymore, as expected. I enabled ALT GR in the settings, which got the ALT GR key functioning, but the Z/Y swap persists.
I’ve also set the app itself to German. Is there another setting I'm missing that could resolve this?
Thanks in advance for any tips!
Patrick
Hello,
Thank you for reporting this issue; we will investigate. Have you tried setting the input method to Unicode to see if that resolves your issue? You can do this by going into the entry settings, selecting 'Local Resources,' and setting 'Send input as Unicode' to 'Yes'.
Best regards,
Frederick Simard