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Virtualised Apps opened through Citrix do not work FancyZones #690

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LeviZapanta opened this issue Nov 11, 2019 · 22 comments
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Virtualised Apps opened through Citrix do not work FancyZones #690

LeviZapanta opened this issue Nov 11, 2019 · 22 comments
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Product-FancyZones Refers to the FancyZones PowerToy Resolution-External External issue, unrelated to PowerToys

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@LeviZapanta
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Environment

Windows build number: [run "ver" at a command prompt]
PowerToys version: 
PowerToy module for which you are reporting the bug (if applicable):

Steps to reproduce

Open an app through Citrix
Attempt to use Fancy Zones
App does not snap to zones

Expected behavior

The app should use FancyZones

Actual behavior

The apps are not snapping to zone

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@enricogior
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Hi @LeviZapanta
can you please indicate what version of PowerToys are you running?
Thank you.

@enricogior enricogior added the Product-FancyZones Refers to the FancyZones PowerToy label Nov 11, 2019
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LeviZapanta commented Nov 12, 2019 via email

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Hi @LeviZapanta
thank you for the detailed steps.
Regarding the PowerToys version number, the images embedded in your reply didn't get through. Can you just type the version number that is shown at the bottom of the PowerToys Settings general page?
Thank you.

@LeviZapanta
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LeviZapanta commented Nov 12, 2019 via email

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Thanks.

@joshuahelpplease
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My IT guys are telling me that Fancyzones (of PowerToys), is not compatible with Citrix Virtual Desktop. Is this true?

@LeviZapanta
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LeviZapanta commented Nov 15, 2019 via email

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ghost commented Nov 26, 2019

I have the same problem,

First I noticed that Citrix apps, don't move at all with win + arrow left/right
So I made a small change to my registry:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Citrix\ICA Client\Engine\Lockdown Profiles\All Regions\Lockdown\Virtual Channels\Keyboard" /v TransparentKeyPassthrough /t REG_SZ /d Remote /f

Then I tried overriding windows shortcuts in FancyZones settings:
"Override Windows Snap hotkeys (win+arrow) to move windows between zones"

And moving the Citrix app though the windows keys, they still don't snap to the fancy zones (They do to the normal windows 10 zones)

:(

@zerocool42
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I also have the same issue, using Citrix Reciever 4.9.2000.21 and PowerToys 0.14.1.0.
Is there plans to fix this?

@crutkas crutkas added this to the v1.0 Release milestone Apr 6, 2020
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Since it's been added to the v1.0 milestone, I assume it'll be fixed eventually. Just thought I'd mention that it's still an issue on version 0.19.2, for documentations sake at the very least.

@enricogior
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enricogior commented Aug 27, 2020

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@GreatestFool
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Haven't had time to test, but I should have time tomorrow so long that I don't forget.

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When I tested I could not snap a citrix virtualized app by manually doing so. Snapping by overriding the shortcut keys didn't work at all.

I think it is safe to assume the issue still persists.

@enricogior
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@GreatestFool
thanks for confirming the problem is still there.

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@enricogior
Np. I don't really keep that updated on releases, so gimme me a heads up next time you need to verify if this is still an issue or not.

@xenadmin
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Windows build number: 2004 19041.572
PowerToys version: v0.25.0
Citrix Workspace app 2009

Still doesn't work, FYI

@daemenseth
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Citrix and fancyzones is not working.
Why is this issue closed?

@GreatestFool
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Because it is being tracked in issue #1466 like enricogior said a few comments earlier in this thread.

@enricogior enricogior removed this from the 2020 Stability Release milestone Feb 6, 2021
@enricogior enricogior added the Resolution-External External issue, unrelated to PowerToys label Feb 6, 2021
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@ottothecow
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I know this issue is flagged as Resolution-External, but I've been doing some testing.

Both MaxTo and WinDock (which have similar features to FancyZones) work at least somewhat with citrix windows.

With MaxTo, they work with basic hotkeys (win-left/right to move between zones) but not some of the more advanced controls (e.g. ctrl-win-num4 to expand the left window boundary to the next snapping point). I suspect the latter issue is just due to Citrix catching the ctrl, which I believe can be adjusted with a registry edit. I have been successfully using this to do 3-way splits with citrix apps on my ultrawide monitor.

With WinDock, citrix apps seem to work when dragged into the appropriate zone. I haven't tested it as extensively as MaxTo yet, but will test more when my MaxTo trial period ends.

Not sure how either of these applications are accomplishing this, but it is evidence that it is possible. FancyZones could work with citrix apps without some kind of change on Citrix's side.

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@ottothecow not for certain, but that WinDock app may be malware. I ran both of those through hybrid-analysis and MaxTo came out clean, WinDock did not. I would be cautious of WinDock.

WinDock: https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/d0b59070f1f9777a2ade0b970068677a104ccf7cdcfd2056ed28b12857e168b0

MaxTo: https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/489b498d77f76c6becc4ffdc82edf207248965b45f2c2a06e360f29df2eb7c16

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