Issue 471 in connectbot: Needs the TAB -->| key on the keyboard to work

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Status: New
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Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium

New issue 471 by parhe...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on the keyboard
to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. On Motorola Droid, pressing ALT-A does nothing, although there's a -->|
tab symbol on top of the letter "A".
2. On Motorola Droid 3, pressing the actual tab -->| key does nothing
either.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expected pressing the tab key would get me a tab character. On my new
Droid 3, since there is no right SHIFT button and only one shift button for
the directory shortcut setting (which works for Motorola Droid since there
are two shift keys), there's no way I can bind the shift key to tab. There
is, however, an actual TAB key on Droid 3, but it's not functional in
Connectbot.

What version of the product are you using (you can see this by using Menu
-> About in the Host List)?

1.7.1.2010.10.08

What type of system are you trying to connect to?

If you are able to connect, what is the output of "echo $TERM", "uname -a",
and any other relevant information on the host?

$TERM = screen
OS = FreeBSD 6.2

Please provide any additional information below.
Hardware: Motorola Droid 3

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Comment #1 on issue 471 by davetp...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on

the keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

Same issue on LG Ally:
Pressing Alt-Q does nothing despite the -->| symbol above A.

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Comment #2 on issue 471 by jimad...@vibrantlogic.com: Needs the TAB -->|

key on the keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

Another vote for getting the Droid3 physical tab key working.

Connectbot is awesome!

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Comment #3 on issue 471 by dfl...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on the

keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

The issue also exists with the XT860 from Bell Canada (phone is very
similar to the Droid 3).
v 1.7.1.2010.10.08, $TERM=screen. Host is running the 3.0.3-ARCH (Arch
Linux) kernel. Terminal shell is bash.
This had previously worked on my Milestone using alt-A, but the XT860 which
has a hardware tab key doesn't work. I figured I'd chime in as well.

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Comment #4 on issue 471 by ccu...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on the

keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

Same issue - XT860 (Droid 3) like #3 but with stock kernel.

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Comment #5 on issue 471 by dixon...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on

the keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

Same issue on the Xoom with thumb keyboard.

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Comment #6 on issue 471 by tlou...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on the

keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

Same issue with ASUS Transformer Tablet. It has a keyboard doc that
provides all the keys needed.

I would love it if alt was alt, shift was shift, ctrl was ctrl and tab was
tab.

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Comment #7 on issue 471 by aital...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on

the keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

Same with Motorola XOOM. TAB key doesn't work. Have to go through ctrl+I.
Very annoying

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Comment #8 on issue 471 by bansky.l...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on

the keyboard to work
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same eith Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and bluetooth keyboard

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Comment #9 on issue 471 by rikr...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on the

keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

Fun fact for the Asus transformer: the right shift key seems to perform the
tab function. At least, it's doing tab complete in irssi for me...

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Comment #10 on issue 471 by j.kra...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on

the keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

Same situation on HTC ChaCha and HTC Desire Z (both dedicated tab key).

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Comment #11 on issue 471 by laaps...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on

the keyboard to work
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HTC ChaCha has no alt button.

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Comment #12 on issue 471 by geoffroy...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key

on the keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

I had the same issue and get into the code. I didn't saw this issue first,
so I posted another one with the full diff from the last version's commit
on master.

Works great!

http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=551&sort=-id&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Milestone%20Summary%20Stars

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Comment #13 on issue 471 by toto...@gmail.com: Needs the TAB -->| key on

the keyboard to work
http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=471

HTC desire Z has a tab key and only one pair of Alt(Fn)/Shift keys. Tab
doesnt work(sounds a bell), using shift as tab helps, but i'd still like
being able to use tab as tab too :)