iOS: Physical Keyboard Support and Macros

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    Werner Donné
    I would like to be able to edit the macro list and add Ctrl-[ -> ESC to it. On a Logitec Ultrathin Keyboard Cover the escape key is also the key that switches to the home screen. The escape is sent to the app and is then followed by the switch to the home screen. I'm sure othe keyboards have other issues. With an editble macro list we can fix them ourselves.
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    Woorim Cho (Edited )

    @Andrew holybee Yes. I meant turning cmd on my ipad to ctrl on my Win pc and ctrl key on my ipad to Win key on my pc. Is it also possible on ipad? It seems possible on mac to Win pc. 
    Since I think I already tried to check all of the settings on the ipad, can you let me know how to do it?

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    Andrew holybee

    @Woorim Cho if you are talking about turning a cmd key on a mac or ipad to a ctrl key on a pc you are remoting into that option is already available in settings

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    Scott Wells

    I'm curious as to what key can be used to send ESC on a keyboard such as the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover and the Luvvitt Ultrathin Keyboard Cover.  The top-left key on those keyboards returns to the iPad home screen.  If there's not a physical ESC key, is it possible to add a macro to perform ESC?  That's a very important key for me, particularly in IDEs, and these ultrathin keyboard covers are definitely the most attractive options to me vs. a free-floating BT keyboard that I have to lug along separately.

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    Adel K

    Maybe use function (f1-f12) keys without pressing to fn button? Like default windows machine

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    Andrea Pierini

    fn key on Apple bluetooth keyboard does not work. { key on Italian keyboard does not work. It is a nightmare for Italian programmers ...

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    Tongliang Li (Edited )

    Is it possible to disable mapping for shortcuts such as command+c->ctrl+c command+v->ctrl+v. Since I'm using NuoRDS as an RDP server for mac. There's no need to map those keys. The only way I found is to disable macros, but that will cause losing the other convenient key combinations. Please consider adding an option to disable shortcut mapping from command to ctrl (command works fine as a single key). Thanks!

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    David C

    Thank you for developing this app. I just bought it last night and am amazed with its performance.

    My question: I am using the Apple Smart Keyboard on an iPad Pro 12.9-inch. I am grateful for how you mapped the Home, End, PgUp, and PgDown keys. However, I cannot get the same version of these combinations while holding the Shift key. I do plenty of programming and to me, having the ability to hit Shift + Home or Shift + End to select an entire line of text is essential. however, if I do this with your app the effect is actually weirdly unpredictable. 

    Can you please add a fix for this or tell me whether I'm doing something wrong?

    Because of this behavior I decided to turn off the Macros option for the moment.

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    Americanq

    Hi,

    I am using smart keyboard and I cannot find a combination for a question mark (?).

    Is there any way to type question mark with a smart keyboard?

    Thanks

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    Heather

    I have been using Jump on my iPad with the remote apple keyboard for a while now but after the most recent upgrades have been running into problems.  Most significantly, the arrow keys do not work at all.  It also looks as though Alt+shift+\ has been replaced with shift+backspace - correct?

    I am still running iOS 5; might that be causing a problem?

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    Jump Desktop Support

    @Werner: Thanks for the feedback. We'll try to add this in the next major update.

    @Header: We've tested keyboard support on iOS 5.0 and it still works as far I we can tell. Can you try restarting your device? Also - which keyboard are you using? Also Are you refereing to the 'Delete' key shortcut? If so, it's Shift+Backspace now.

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    Heather

    Ah the classic 'reboot the system'!  :)

    It worked of course!

    Many thanks!

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    Kelvin Nilsen

    I just installed Jump Desktop on my Kindle Fire HD. Works great, and I love the experience.

    One problem though.  Alt-tab switches android tasks rather than the Windows tasks.  This article seems to suggest that it should switch the Windows tasks.  What am I doing wrong?  Can you make this an option in the Jump Desktop settings, to select whether it switches Android or Windows tasks?

     

    Thanks.

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    Gregory G
    Hello I cannot enter some special characters same these : ~÷\± via RDP, the alt command show winword menu
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    Dragos Bogdan

    Hello. I have a Zagg Cover Keyboard for iPad Air and unfortunattely F1, F2, F3, F4 Macros are not working. F5, F6, F10, F11 macros are working fine. Can you please help?

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    Kennethrburke13
    I am using a Logitech Keyboard Folio with an iPad 4th generation running iOS 9.2. My problem is with getting PageUp and PageDown commands to go through to a Windows Terminal Server session. Your web site says that CTRL+Up should pass PageUp, and CTRL+Down should pass PageDown through to the server. When I use either of those commands, nothing results except that I stop being able to type any characters, although mouse functionality is intact. A 3-finger tap on the screen shows that the onscreen CTRL button has been activated. Tapping that button restores the ability to type characters. Any thoughts?
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    Scott Wells

    For what it's worth, I was able to use AutoHotkey to remap keys so that my Logitech Ultrathin keyboard provides a REALLY nice experience when accessing my Windows 8 home and work machines.  In particular I swapped Alt/Option and Win/Command so that they are where you'd expect on a Windows-style keyboard; F1-F12 are accessible via Win+1...Win+0, Win+MINUS, and Win+EQUALS; ESC is sent as Win+ENTER; Delete is sent as Shift+Backspace.  I'll probably keep tweaking this as I find things I need mapped, but between having a fully-accessible keyboard and Jump Desktop's great support for Windows 8 multi-touch input, I finally feel like I have very usable portable terminal for my Windows workstations!

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    Quethzel diaz zarate

    Works with iPad Pro 11 and the Smart Keyboard connected to a remote windows PC ?

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    Fernando Paiva

    Looking for the same thing as @Adel K

    Use function (f1-f12) keys without pressing to fn button? Like default windows machine!

     
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    Woorim Cho

    Thank you for developing this app.

    I am quite satisfied with this app. However, there is one thing that I desperately request to the developer.

    I would like to request to make the key mapping feature not a macro function that exists now. Specifically, I would like to ask for cmd and ctrl mapping. Is there any plan to make this feature?

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    Andrew holybee

    @Woorim Cho hold down command until a menu comes up there is a search feature and a key and edit options it is somewhat limited compared to the mac where you can do exact key maps but this might do the trick for you but I haven’t played with it much.

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    Ade Rutter

    I have an iMac with a bluetooth keyboard connected to it. I connect to the iMac with my MBP. So connect is running on the iMac.

    When I try to select multiple items on the iMac using the bluetooth keyboard that is connected to the iMac (like I would if not using any remote software) it doesn't work. It will not select multiple items. If I use the MBP keyboard it does work correctly.

    I don't have this issue if I use LunaDisplay instead of JumpDesktop, it's as though subsequent mouse clicks are not being sent to the iMac? 

    I can't see a preference setting that is causing this issue.

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    Jaroslav Hruška | DATA3S

    Does anybody have a tip why Cmd+C, Cmd+V and Cmd+A do not work? The only working shortcut is Cmd+X. 

    Thanks.

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    Steve Ause

    I have an Apple Blue Tooth Keyboard for my iPad.  Is "alt" accomplished with shift-option?  In any event, using shift-option-Fkey, it doesn't seem to go through.

     

    How do I send an F key to my remote system?

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    Jump Desktop Support

    @Randon: Alt+Tab does is currently unsupported, but try using Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow and Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow

    @Steve: The Alt key is the same as the Option key. Function keys are Shift+Alt+Numeric number of the F key. For example, F1 is Shift+Alt+1 (it's NOT Shift+Alt+F1). 

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    Larry
    Shift-Alt-2 does not give me F2 (file rename) on a Win7 desktop.
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    Ed Seidenberg

    Shift-Alt-2 doesn't seem to work for me either.  Any known fixes available?

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    Jump Desktop Support

    @Ed, @Larry we're looking into this.

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    Peter Zemturis
    hello this comment conserns both bluethoot keyboards aswell as the screenkeyboard. I type in another language then English and those letters that i use dosent work, (åäö). How do I make them work?!?
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    Peter Zemturis
    Just notet that I wrote my question in the wrong category, Sorry for that (but I do would like an answer)
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