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I've installed Anydesk on both my laptop and remote PC. Both have ubuntu 18.04. While everything else works fine, Anydesk doesn't transmit ctrl and super keys. So, if I press super, it opens all programs on my laptop and not on the remote desktop. Similarly, if I press ctrl+a, it only transmits the character a. This is causing a lot of problems for me since I'm used to keyboard shortcuts and a lot of them depend on ctrl.

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If I connect from another windows laptop to Ubuntu remote, ctrl+a works. So, it must be some problem with my local Anydesk.

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I figured out the problem and fixed it. The problem is not with Anydesk but with Ubuntu. I have installed Gnome tweaks and enabled "show mouse pointer position on pressing ctrl" So, when I press ctrl, instead of sending it to the remote desktop, ubuntu consumes the key by itself and only the other key goes to remote desktop. So, when I press ctrl+a, only a is forwarded to remote desktop. Somehow TeamViewer handles this i.e. send ctrl key also to remote desktop.

Note: I figured this by trying chrome remote desktop and the problem repeated with that as well. Then I figured out that the problem is with Ubuntu and not Anydesk

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    Well it is a problem with Anydesk too, isn't it? Remmina has this option to "grab all keyboard events" and it is working perfectly. – Neerkoli Feb 09 '22 at 11:39
  • You're right. Since TeamViewer and Remmina handle this, it's a drawback of Anydesk. Anyway, what I meant by "problem not with Anydesk" was that it was not due to some incorrect setting in local Anydesk installation. – Nagabhushan S N Feb 10 '22 at 06:28
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    I same issue and solution in Pop!_OS or Pop OS. Posting a comment for others to find via search. – FK- Nov 18 '22 at 13:32