AWS SSM Plugin for aws-cli don't work correctly with spanish (from Spain) Keyboard layout

[MarckFp]

Connecting with a instance with the AWS SSM plugin on Windows 10 with the Spanish (from Spain) Keyboard layout using CMD and PowerShell (v 5.1 and 7.4) some characters are not recorded correctly, characters like ? @ }

[diddi-]

I'm experiencing the same thing (although using Swedish keyboard layout). A possible workaround is to

• Switch to English keyboard layout
• Connect to the host using SSM plugin

Optionally, if you don't want to stay on English layout:

• Type a single character (any character on the keyboard)
• Switch back to your native keyboard layout

Simply connecting with English layout and then switching back does not seem to be enough, only after sending the first character you can switch back and it will work until the session is closed. This needs to be repeated for each new session.

This was tested on
AWS CLI: aws-cli/2.2.46 Python/3.8.8 Windows/10 exe/AMD64 prompt/off
SSM Plugin: 1.2.245.0

[schwichti]

Same problem here with German keyboard layout. For example, the opening square bracket has the effect of "backspace".

[dmazuronak]

Same problem with German layout. Workaround doesn't help at all.
German characters 'äöü' are displayed as '├ñ├Â├╝'.

Versions:
AWS CLI: aws-cli/2.7.8 Python/3.9.11 Windows/10 exe/AMD64 prompt/off
SSM Plugin: 1.2.339.0

[jeffewald]

As @dmazuronak mentioned the German Layout has same problems too.
My workaround is the following.

If i need a specific character like [ than i switch Layout to US English and start a new Session.
Problem here: US English do not have 'äöü'.

It might work for some small works but will be getting awful when you need to change the whole time.

[daivanov]

The same problem with
aws-cli/2.7.22 Python/3.9.11 Windows/10 exe/AMD64 prompt/off
and
SSM 1.2.339.0

[gremila]

Same issue with frensh keyboard, you have to switch the keyboard to type this kind of char event by copy past

[BornToBeRoot]

Same problem with { and [ (] and } does work) on a german keyboard...

It looks like the underlying library is causing the problem: https://github.com/eiannone/keyboard
However, the library is no longer actively maintained...

The plugin is unusable for me... although I would like to replace SSH with AWS SSM....

[BornToBeRoot]

@dmazuronak for me the ö, ä & ü is working when i use pwsh.exe (PowerShell 7) as console host. But not in Windows PowerShell or CMD

[dmazuronak]

I have had the opportunity to try out PowerShell 7. Unfortunately, I could not see any improvement.

[TeeFiX42]

Same issue with Belgian keyboard: Pressing the @ results in 'nothing'.
Copy/paste is not a viable workaround:

1. Copy paste of an email address in the windows CMD prompt works.

2. Copy paste of that same email address in the SSM ('aws ssm start-session --target ') results in the loss of the @

Still no fix?

[BornToBeRoot]

@TeeFiX42 removing 50 from this line should fix the @ for spain&belgian keyboard.

session-manager-plugin/vendor/src/github.com/eiannone/keyboard/keyboard_windows.go

Line 186 in c523002

case 192, 50:

see #51

[BornToBeRoot]

Hi @dmazuronak,

i think the default input/output encoding in the console window is wrong. For me it worked on some powershell windows (e.g. Windows Terminal)....

If you set this in Powershell:

[console]::InputEncoding = [console]::OutputEncoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding

before connecting to aws ssm, you should be able to use öäü.

Edit:
For me the default was:

BodyName          : ibm850
EncodingName      : Westeuropäisch (DOS)

I changed it to utf8