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From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Command-line option to change ungrab key(s)
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To: Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>, QEMU Developers <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 09:29:25AM -0500, Programmingkid wrote:
> Would you accept a patch that allows the user to change the mouse ungrab key(s) in QEMU?
> 
> It would look something like this: 
> 
> -ungrab <key> 
> 
> or 
> 
> -ungrab <key>,<key>,...
> 
> If the user wanted the F19 key to be the ungrab key, this is what would be sent to QEMU:
> 
> -ungrab F19
> 
> If the user wanted F16 and F17 held down to ungrab the mouse, this is what would be sent to QEMU:
> 
> -ungrab F16,F17
> 
> 
> Would this feature be something you would consider adding to QEMU?

As context, virt-manager allows customization for the ungrab sequence, and
so do spice-gtk/gtk-vnc at the API level. So conceptually I think it is
reasonable for any UI console that is intended as more than just a toy.

Regards,
Daniel
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