add remote-control feature to screen sharing

[uhoreg]

a la Team Viewer or similar

[rd-su]

I would love it!

[ara4n]

how would this work? is this like Remote Desktop or VNC to control the remote machine somehow? This can't be done via web standards, so riot-web would be heading off into custom browser apps (as Chrome Remote Desktop does it), afaik...

[uhoreg]

Yes, something like VNC or RDP remote-control.

/me imagines family tech support sessions

[kolAflash]

That feature would be more than great! Especially with encryption included.

Of course the user providing access to his desktop should get a big, red warning he has to approve every time before someone gets access to remote control for his desktop.

Maybe there could also be a feature giving one user always access to another users desktop. But in that case
a very, very big red colored warning should have to be approved before. Nevertheless also that feature would be great for family computer support.

Technically I guess this feature can't be implemented in a browser (at least without a browser add-on).
But in the desktop app it should be possible via Electron.

[MurzNN]

Seems new Jitsi have remote screen control module: jitsi/jitsi-meet#1437

[MurzNN]

Jitsi release an electron app, that have build-in remote control: jitsi/jitsi-meet#1437 (comment)

Does Riot use same app, or other branch?

• If yes, how to hard enable this feature?
• If no, can we change it to jitsi-meet-electron with remote control feature?

[Poilaucul]

This is what would make Riot compete with the big guys (Microsoft)

[gafarma89]

Web browsers have desktop sharing support (both specific window and full desktop).

Rocket (which is also open source) has this features (without installing plugin on browser). It works great.

Please add it on element web and native.

[t3chguy]

Browsers not have desktop sharing support (both specific window and full desktop).

Yes they do. Try https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/Pluginfree-Screen-Sharing/

[MurzNN]

This feature request is about remote control of remote side (control mouse and keyboard of remote side) that jitsi-meet electron app have, not for simple (readonly) screen sharing. For simple screen sharing there are issue element-hq/element-desktop#683

[gafarma89]

Browsers not have desktop sharing support (both specific window and full desktop).

Yes they do. Try https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/Pluginfree-Screen-Sharing/

@t3chguy I'm sorry. I fixed my message. I wrote it wrong :)

@MurzNN oh.. yes.. This issue is about controlling remote. Not read-only view...

But controlling also would be great like teamviewer. Does new version of browsers support controlling remote without extension?

[hex-m]

Jitsi Meet Electron removed the remote control feature because of a vulnerability and they don't plan to add in back for now. jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron#483

[ogghi]

That's really sad actually! Could one add just mouse control for example?

[Ezwen]

Maybe in Element Call?

[kolAflash]

I switched to RustDesk for Remote Control.
(OpenSource, encrypted, current nightly also has no more proprietary libsciter dependeny)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RustDesk
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/releases

[ogghi]

Nice, will have a look! Thanks

[vertigo220]

Just my .02, for something like this, which is its own whole thing and requires significant work to do it right and has major implications if it's not done right, it's better left to programs made specifically for it. Trying to implement it into matrix just seems like an undue burden that would take away from other, more important things, and open it up to possible maliciousness. Better to just use apps that already exist for this. And I'd definitely recommend NOT using TeamViewer.