Add support for switching input method

[FengZhongShaoNian]

I'm using the Chinese version of windows 10 , which uses the system's built-in pinyin input method. I use ./bin/winapps manual Notepad.exe to open notepad. I want to input some Chinese in Notepad, but I can't switch to the Chinese input method.

Technical details:

Host OS: Manjaro Linux with KDE plasma 5.27.8
Winapps: Latest git.
FreeRDP packages: freerdp 2:2.11.1-1
Arch: amd64.
Guest OS: Windows 10 PRO 22H2（Chinese Version）.

Input method on Linux: fcitx5-rime
Please let me know if you need any more information.
If there is some configuration I can do on my end to get this working properly, also please let me know.

Thank you and congratulations for this awesome project!

[oskardotglobal]

Have you tried connecting to the VM normally via RDP and changing the Keyboard layout in windows?
Otherwise, maybe you'll find something useful here: FreeRDP/FreeRDP#8980

[FengZhongShaoNian]

As you can see above, I have two keyboard layouts on my windows, and I tried to remove the English one. Now after opening notepad by ./bin/winapps manual Notepad.exe , I can see the candidate word panel of the Chinese Pinyin input method, but it flashed away during the input process (as shown below), so I still can't enter Chinese normally.

[LDprg]

Is your System layout also Chinese? Maybe thats a problem.

[ctrngk]

Do not use any default input method offered by windows. Use 3rd party software like baidu, which includes a feature to trigger the input method by customizing your own shortcut.

[jrevillard]

Hello,

I have the exact same problem with the French Keyboard. Since the migration to Docker Windows image, I don't know exactly why but it seems that the US keyboard cannot be removed.... When I start any application, this is always the one selected. I tried so many things to remove this keyboard layout or to ask FreeRDP to use the French Keyboard that I don't know what to do anymore.....

Best,
Jerome

[LDprg]

@jrevillard did you change the localisation using docker enviroment flags documented in https://github.com/dockur/windows ?

[jrevillard]

@jrevillard did you change the localisation using docker enviroment flags documented in https://github.com/dockur/windows ?

Yes I did, and actually, I think this is a pur Windows issue so I opened an issue here: dockur/windows#551

Best,
Jerome

[LDprg]

@jrevillard I agree with the response from the windows docker repo. It seems like freerdp bug. Maybe you want to report it there and link the issue here?

[jrevillard]

Perhaps this one : FreeRDP/FreeRDP#9678 ?

[LDprg]

@jrevillard can you add /kdb: to your freerdp extra flags in the win apps conf. Or try calling freerdp with the flag manually.

The issue you mentioned seems not to be related.

[jrevillard]

I did already tested xfreerdp3 /kbd:lang:0x040c..., xfreerdp3 /kbd:layout:French,lang:0x040c.... Nothing helped.

[LDprg]

@jrevillard I think you should open a issue on the freerdp repo. This seems to me like a bug in freerdp.

Also are you using x11 or wayland? Wayland causes a lot of strange issues and is not supported.