Terminal doesn't recieve Alt Gr characters

[MattiJarvinen]

Description of problem:
Terminal doesn't receive "Alt Gr" characters like | or
AltGr characters work in code editor though.

Bug concerns Google Chrome. Firefox seems to work ok.

Che version:
Version:4.0.0-RC12Revision :15571e40395fd7c8Build Time :2016-03-06 17:34:32
Environment details (AWS, VirtualBox, physical, etc.):
Default PHP Stack from Che distribution
How reproducible:
Always
Keyboard layout:
Finnish
Browser:
Chrome
Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create workspace with Che's PHP Stack
2. Create PHP Simple project https://github.com/che-samples/web-php-simple.git
3. Start PHP project
4. Open workspace terminal
5. Try to type in Alt Gr character like | or \

Actual Results:
No input
Expected Results:
Correct character entered

[ghost]

I can type \ using Finnish keyboard layout on Chrome, Ubuntu 14.04

What\s your OS?

[MattiJarvinen]

Windows 10
On 10 Mar 2016 11:17 am, "Eugene Ivantsov" [email protected] wrote:

I can type \ using Finnish keyboard layout on Chrome, Ubuntu 14.04

What\s your OS?

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[ghost]

I'll check on a Win machine

[maximegris]

Hi everyone,

Same problem on W7 (Chrome).

[ghost]

@maximegris what is keyboard layout in your case?

[maximegris]

@eivantsov AZERTY (French)

[ghost]

Confirmed on Windows 10, Chrome. Cannot reproduce on Ubuntu, Chrome. So, OS-Browser specific issue.

[MattiJarvinen]

And only affecting the terminal in che. In code editor it works just fine.

Could it be related to ctrl + alt being sent from webkit browsers instead of altGraphKey?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10657346/detect-alt-gr-alt-graph-modifier-on-key-press

[TylerJewell]

@ddementieva - can you confirm that the issue still exists?

[ddementieva]

Confirmed. The bug is still there.

[Leward]

@MattiJarvinen-BA The "€" symbol does not work well on french keyboard layout on code editor and terminal. The key combination is Alt Gr + E

However character such as @~| do work on text editor.

[samssann]

All of the ALT + <symbol> combinations work in the editor. But not in the terminal. Config #2752

[TylerJewell]

@bmicklea @JamesDrummond - let's consider this for 5.0.0-M7 or 5.0.0-M8. The issue keeps coming up so it's affecting a larger group of people now.

[samssann]

In the meantime, one can always ssh into the workspace from your local terminal. Press SSH and follow the instructions.