When connecting to Linux from MacOs Microsoft Remote Desktop transforms CMD key to Windows key. This is not usefull, when you want to have remote Intelliji IDEA with standart bindings. This file helps transform CMD key to Cntrl so you haven't change default key layout in IDE or change modifier keys in mac preferences
- Copy file
ClipboardActionTransformations.xml
file into/Applications/Microsoft\ Remote\ Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/Keyboard/
(requires sudo) - Restart
Microsoft Remote Desktop
app - Open
Microsoft Remote Desktop
prefereces and checkUse Mac shortcuts for copy, cut, paste and select all, undo and find
- Connect to your remote machine, now all shortcuts with
CMD+
transformed toCntrl+
shortcuts