Opened 16 years ago
Last modified 9 years ago
#1936 reopened defect
Caps lock not being properly passed through to guest
| Reported by: | Tyler Spivey | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 1.6.4 |
| Keywords: | keyboard | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description (last modified by )
The caps lock key is not being correctly passed through to the guest, using VBoxSDL. If I press caps lock and release it it works fine, but if i hold down caps lock and press another character, such as j, the caps lock is sent before the j. This is relatively important for some assistive technologies that use the caps lock key as a modifier for screen reading functions.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
comment:2 by , 10 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → obsolete |
| Status: | new → closed |
comment:3 by , 9 years ago
| Resolution: | obsolete |
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| Status: | closed → reopened |
This bug affects me too. To reproduce: Open xev or a similar event-capturing tool. Press the caps-lock button, wait, then release it.
Expected behavior: The caps-lock press event is sent when the caps-lock button is pressed, then the caps-lock release event is sent when the caps-lock button is released.
Actual behavior: The caps-lock press and release events are both sent when the caps-lock button is pressed; nothing happens when the caps-lock button is released.
I've got this problem trying to experiment with Orca on Ubuntu on a MacBook with VirtualBox 3.0.2.