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OpenVPN-GUI : password defaults keyboard to RTL (right-to-left)

Open hany8 opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

Windows default language is English with other language support. When OpenVPN GUI asks for a password it defaults (or switch) to the alternate language instead of staying in English. This is extra annoying if you have a RTL language such as Arabic or any other language installed on your system. It forces the user to switch back to English every time s/he tries to connect.

openvpn: all levels till latest 2.6.12

This was reported previously via https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/384

only workaround is to change setting on:

Control Panel > Language > Change date, time, or number formats (Left side) > Administrative > Language for non-Unicode programs > Change system locale... > change this to English (United States) > Restart!

if the problem where still exist set your input language to English and go to:

Control Panel > Language > Change date, time, or number formats (Left side) > Administrative > Welcome screen and new user accounts > Copy settings > tick two boxes below! click OK!

Yet due to language need, such workaround can't be used

can this be addressed?

hany8 avatar Oct 01 '24 07:10 hany8

@hany8

only workaround is to change setting on:

Control Panel > Language > Change date, time, or number formats (Left side) > Administrative > Language for non-Unicode programs > Change system locale... > change this to English (United States) > Restart

Before changing this setting what was its value so that we can reproduce the issue?

selvanair avatar Oct 01 '24 19:10 selvanair

@selvanair It was Arabic language.

hany8 avatar Oct 03 '24 06:10 hany8