MacOS – Using Apple’s Screen Sharing, can I redirect gestures and keys for controlling Spaces to the shared machine

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I'm using the built in Screen Sharing tool in El Capitan to control an iMac from a Macbook Pro in full screen mode. Everything works beautifully except that many special keys and gestures are intercepted by the local Mac and not sent to the shared Mac. Specifically:

  • Ctrl-Arrow (Desktops and Mission Control)
  • F3 (Mission Control)
  • F4 (LaunchPad)
  • Three finger swipe (Switch between Desktops, Mission Control, Exposé)
  • Two finger swipe from left side (Notification Center)
  • Pinch with four fingers (Launchpad)

I can't find any way to switch between desktops on the remote machine other than manually opening the Mission Control app from the Finder or Dock. Disabling the gestures on the local machine doesn't help; they still don't get sent to the remote machine.

Is there any way to get special keys and gestures passed to the shared machine?

Best Answer

Not truly a fix, but a possible workaround.

This picture has the remote key assignments to the left, & mine to the right.

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By avoiding the same keys for Mission Control itself, I can get to the remote machine's 'screen list' by using Ctrl ⌃ ↑ at least & click on the one I require.

It's not neat, but it does function.

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