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KVMD 4.119: Keyboard Shortcuts and Magic Keys 2025-11-09 kvmd-4-119-shortcuts-revamp New configurable shortcuts system helps sending keyboard shortcuts to target host systems in a consistent manner
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We have revamped the keyboard shortcuts system to make sending shortcuts consistent across multiple target host systems.

The new system is built around the concept of a magic key. Pressing the magic key in the web UI turns on the keyboard shortcut composition mode. The web UI will keep accumulating modifier keys, such as Ctrl/Command, Shift, and Alt/Option, and display them in an overlay.

As soon as you push a non-modifier key (typically, alphanumeric keys), the web UI will stop accumulating modifiers and send all the keys you pressed.

For details, please see the documentation.