Win key modifier not recognized when held down on slave

[Ram Rachum]

Hi everyone

I'm experiencing an issue where modifier key combinations don't work correctly when controlling a slave computer.

Setup:
- Input Director v2.3
- Master: Windows 10 (Turing)
- Slave: Windows 10

Problem:

When I transition to the slave and hold down the Win key,  sometimes together with ctrl or alt, while pressing another key (e.g., Win+Ctrl+E, Win+shift+Arrow,), the key works, but if i keep the modifiers pressed and re-press the key, it gets sent without the modifiers.

This is particularly problematic because I have many AutoHotkey/hotkey scripts that use Win as a modifier.

The issue doesn't occur when using the keyboard directly on either machine—only when controlling the slave through Input Director.

Any suggestions? Is there a setting that affects how modifier key states are transmitted?

Thanks,

Ram.

[Shane]

Hi Ram,

Input Director reacts to key up / down events and sends those to a client system when its being controlled. Holding down a modifier key and keeping it held whilst pressing other keys won't resend the modifier key unless its released and pressed down again.

The issue doesn't occur when using the keyboard directly on either machine—only when controlling the slave through Input Director.

Are you transitioning away and back again to the client or does control remain with the client when this occurs?

Regs,

Shane.

[Ram Rachum]

Hi Shane,

Thanks for your quick response.

Control stays with the client when this happens. No transitioning involved.

I think the issue isn't about whether the modifier key-down event gets sent. It's about whether subsequent keypresses include the modifier flags. When I press arrow while holding Win+Ctrl, that arrow keypress should carry the Win and Ctrl flags with it. After the first keypress, later ones (sometimes) seem to lose the modifier info even though I'm still holding the keys.

Is there a difference between how the initial modifier key-down is handled vs. how modifier state gets attached to other key events?

Thanks,
Ram

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