Key repeat?

Hi,

There is no way to disable this in RDM directly at the moment (our terminal is based on NSTextView and exhibit many of its default behaviour, the prompting of special character on key hold being one of them). This can be disabled system-wide with the command line:

write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

This will require a device restart though. I've just tested it and confirmed it works. In the case you're reluctant to change a system-wide setting (which would be understandable), I'm opening an investigation ticket to see if we can implement this in RDM.

Best regards,

Thanks for your reply. I could see where some people may want to use special accent characters, but for myself I've never had the need to do this in the middle of an SSH session. Perhaps a setting to allow for both choices would be good.

Hi,

It's actually possible to disable the prompt on hold behaviour per application. You can use the following command:

defaults write com.devolutions.remotedesktopmanager ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

for RDM or:

defaults write com.devolutions.remotedesktopmanager.free ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

for RDM Free.

Note that the application setting is overwritten by the global setting. So the global setting should be removed if it was set, like this:

defaults delete -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled 

As for a setting in RDM, I've searched a bit, and there does not seem to be a way to disable the behaviour on NSTextView (not that I've found at least), so I'm not sure of the feasibility of this.

Best regards,

Xavier, Thank you so much for finding that. The "defaults" setting line worked perfectly, so I can use repeating keys. I do suggest some GUI checkmark somewhere to make that an option in the App.

This is not a bad idea. I'll note this in the ticket.

Best regards,

Hi,

The next release of RDM Mac will have an option in the Preferences to disable the suggestion on key press and hold:
Best regards,

Thanks again!

Hi,


The official release of RDM 2020.3 has been pushed back for coordination between our products. That being said, the version (2020.3.0.0) that was scheduled to release on October 20 will still be released, but as a beta. To download beta versions of RDM Mac, you need to choose "All updates including beta" in the RDM Preferences:



Alternatively, you will have to wait a few days (1-2 weeks) before the official release.


Best regards,