In fullscreen mode, escape key exits fullscreen mode

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the behavior in Chrome through Commands > Fullscreen, then trace the fullscreen and Escape-key handling from that entry point. Done means TinyPilot forwards Escape to the target machine while remaining in fullscreen mode.

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Description

bug

Description

A user reported that hitting the escape key while in fullscreen mode causes fullscreen mode to turn off rather than just forwarding the key to the target machine as an "Escape" key.

What's the behavior that you expect?

TinyPilot forwards the escape key to the target machine and remains in fullscreen mode.

What's happening instead?

Hitting the "Escape" key causes TinyPilot to exit fullscreen mode.

What are the steps to reproduce this behavior?

  1. Open TinyPilot in Chrome
  2. Click on Commands > Fullscreen
  3. Hit "Escape"
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