Bug 499121

Summary: not able to type/input capital letters from phone
Product: [Applications] kdeconnect Reporter: FileX <filex.stuff>
Component: commonAssignee: Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: andrew.g.r.holmes, carl.benjamin.dreyer, coucouf, cyberfeign
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 24.05.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Kubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Description FileX 2025-01-25 07:31:43 UTC 
SUMMARY
if connecting my phone per kde connect with my pc, go to remote input and try capital letters, only lower case are being received. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. pair
2. send input (either per direct or "create text to send")

OBSERVED RESULT
upper case letters are being converted to lower case ones.

EXPECTED RESULT
normal input

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 24.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-13-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 7.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4000

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
also mentioned here: https://red.artemislena.eu/r/kde/comments/1fn6j8k/kde_connect_how_to_capitalize_a_letter_from_my/
Comment 1 carl.benjamin.dreyer 2025-03-12 13:14:32 UTC 
I have the same issue.

SUMMARY
Whenever i try to use the Remote Input feature on the Android Client, when i type a capital letter, the PC receives it as a lowercase letter. For example i press shift button on my android keyboard + c, the PC receives only the lowercase 'c'.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Pair android phone with a PC
2. Go into remote input on the phone
3. Bring keyboard up on phone
4. Press shift + <random letter>

OBSERVED RESULT
I observe that the lowercase letter is typed on the PC instead. So the shift key has no effect.

EXPECTED RESULT
I expect the letter typed on the PC to be capital, since shift was pressed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.10-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Phone: One Plus 9 Pro Android 14 Lineage OS
Android client kdeconnect version: 1.33.1
I've tried with AOSP keyboard and Futo Keyboard. Issue effects both
Comment 2 carl.benjamin.dreyer 2025-03-12 13:16:43 UTC 
There seems to be a similar issue in rustdesk. They say it doesn't happen i X11, so it might be a Wayland problem?
Comment 3 carl.benjamin.dreyer 2025-03-12 13:17:02 UTC 
(In reply to carl.benjamin.dreyer from comment #2)
> There seems to be a similar issue in rustdesk. They say it doesn't happen i
> X11, so it might be a Wayland problem?

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/issues/10328
Comment 4 FileX 2025-07-29 02:42:53 UTC 
(In reply to carl.benjamin.dreyer from comment #2)
> There seems to be a similar issue in rustdesk. They say it doesn't happen i
> X11, so it might be a Wayland problem?

Tested it and works in X11 so can confirm
Comment 5 Aurélien COUDERC 2025-08-18 22:06:58 UTC 
This was just reported as https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1111516 in Debian 13 (trixie).

Marking as confirmed since it happens to several people with various setups.