Keyboard shortcut to quick find and connect directly

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to Devolutions Support.

It looks like you're very close to achieving this!
Just make sure there’s nothing assigned to the Enter key that might conflict.

By default, the shortcut for “Open session” is set to Enter. If another shortcut is configured using the same key, it may cause the action to fail.

You can verify or reset this by navigating to:
File > User Interface > Shortcuts > Entry > Open Session

Let me know if this helps or if you have any further questions.

Best regards,

Hello Jacob,

I just reset all shortcuts to default and checked all entries to make sure that there is nothing else with the Enter key. Unfortunately, the behavior is still the same - I'm able to find an entry, but after pressing Enter it only highlights it in the navigation pane, without opening it directly, which is what I'm aiming for.

Any idea what else could be wrong here? Does it work on your end?

I do have "Open session" set to Enter:

Best regards,
Tomas

Hello,

Thank you for your follow-up.

I initially couldn’t reproduce the issue due to incorrect testing on my end. However, I’ve now been able to replicate the problem you're experiencing. I’ve reported the bug to our development team, and they will begin working on a fix shortly.

I’ll keep you updated and let you know as soon as the fix is deployed in a future update.

Best regards,

To clarify what will be done, we will add an option to choose the behavior on the enter key press (between focusing in the tree, which is the current behavior, and doing the configured behavior if the entry would have been double-clicked in the tree view).

As a workaround for the moment, you can simply double press the enter key. The first will focus the entry in the tree, and the second will launch it. That's the way I've been doing it.

Best regards,

Hi,

The option was added internally. You can expect it in a future patch of 2025.2. The option will be available in the app settings, under User Interface -> Find quickly:
Just select "Open entry" as the "Default action".

Best regards,

Hello,

although I have already replied to Xavier Fortin by direct message (the reply function did not work for me for a few days), I'm replying here as well in case someone else finds this and is interested in more details.

Double pressing the Enter key works, but only in cases where I'm connected to an SSH session (or not connected to any session at all). What I struggle with is when I'm connected to an RDP session, I press my key combination for Quick find (^ + Space), look up a connection and confirm it with Enter, it only highlights the entry in the tree, but a second press of Enter forwards the key press to the RDP session instead of connecting to the one that was highlighted. That's essentially why I started looking for a way to connect to the found session right away, instead of just highlighting it in the navigation pane (which is something I was used to in Windows anyway). A possible workaround for this behavior could be to put the Enter key among the key combinations to be ignored by embedded sessions, but then I guess I would not be able to use Enter in RDP sessions at all.

In the meantime, I have discovered something. When I hide the navigation pane and repeat the same steps, pressing Enter actually opens the found connection right away! Regardless of whether I've got any RDP connections open or there is no open/active connection whatsoever. So there is obviously some difference between when the navigation pane is shown and when it's hidden - which kind of makes sense, because when it's hidden, there is no place to highlight the found connection after pressing Enter right?

Anyway, thank you very much for adding this option to a future release, it's highly appreciated. So is your hard work and excellent support.

Best regards,
Tomas

Hi Tomas,

Glad to hear you have a workaround!

The improvement mentioned earlier should be available in the 2025.2.9.0. So when it gets available for download, you can try it and confirm with us if it works properly for you.

Best regards,