Add “Type Username” and “Type Password” Options to Ribbon Under Action Menu

Hello,
This is already supported. What version and entry type are you trying to use?


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Hello,
This is already supported. What version and entry type are you trying to use?


Regards

@David Hervieux

I didn’t know you could use the Windows version of RDM on macOS :)

Hello,
Doh! I will forward this to the mac team. This should not be hard to add.

Sorry about that.

Regards

Hello,
Doh! I will forward this to the mac team. This should not be hard to add.

Sorry about that.

Regards

@David Hervieux

Thanks! That would be very useful to add. I use it all the time to auto-type usernames and passwords in places where you can’t copy and paste, such as when an RDP session is locked on the Windows login screen and you need to retype the password.

Hello,

I agree; I'm the one who did it for Windows. It's also useful in many scenarios on the web.

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Curious, and a bit off topic: In the Windows version, do Type actions work when you’re connected to a Windows Server via RDP and then open a VMware web console session and try to use a Type action there? On macOS, "Type Clipboard" doesn’t seem to work at all in the VMware web console session

Hello again,
I will let the macOS team investigate, but I suspect missing focus content. Since we are clicking a button, it might lose the focus of the opened session. This seems like a bug.

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Hello

Actually there's specific context here; because the VMWare web console can only interpret keyboard scan codes, not unicode (which is what we normally use for "Type Clipboard" and things like that).

On Windows, what you can do is locate your RemoteDesktopManager.cfg (typically in %localappdata%\Devolutions\RemoteDesktopManager) and - after closing RDM and making a backup of the file - add a new option key before the closing `</Option>` tag. Something like this

<KeyboardSimulatorTranslateUnicodeToScanCode>true</KeyboardSimulatorTranslateUnicodeToScanCode>
</Option>

Then save the file and relaunch RDM. Does it work now?

This option is hidden because it's a bit esoteric; but I've actually already asked the UX people responsible to move it up to the UI. I don't think that's happened yet.

On macOS, I don't think they have this setting and it might be a bit more work, because we'll need to inject Windows scan codes which are not the same as macOS ones. Not impossible, but not as straightforward as Windows. I will open a ticket for the RDM Mac team but in the meantime if you check that on Windows, it should work.

Best regards,

Thanks! This makes sense. I need to install RDM on my Windows VM and test from there. It seems that the Windows version has many more features than the macOS version.

Hi,

Auto typing has been added in the latest version (2026.1.11.3).
You can find it in the macOS menu under “Actions” while connected to an RDP session, as well as in the ribbon under the same section.
Please update and let us know if you’re still experiencing any problems or have questions.

Best regards,

Wow! Thanks! Upgrading now :)