# \[Feature Request\] Keystroke macros / saved snippets (replayed via the virtual keyboard) — for VeraCrypt pre-boot and other blind-typing situations

**URL:** <https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/feature-request-keystroke-macros-saved-snippets-replayed-via-the-virtual-keyboard-for-veracrypt-pre-boot-and-other-blind-typing-situations/72862>\
**Category:** KVM\
**Created:** [November 13, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/feature-request-keystroke-macros-saved-snippets-replayed-via-the-virtual-keyboard-for-veracrypt-pre-boot-and-other-blind-typing-situations/72862 "2026-11-13T01:41:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![SolGLIGuy](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@SolGLIGuy](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/SolGLIGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/feature-request-keystroke-macros-saved-snippets-replayed-via-the-virtual-keyboard-for-veracrypt-pre-boot-and-other-blind-typing-situations/72862/1 "2026-11-13T01:41:29Z")

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**The problem**

After restarting a machine with VeraCrypt full-disk encryption, the pre-boot authentication prompt appears before the OS loads. On some laptops the KVM's video capture doesn't sync with that pre-boot video mode, so I'm typing my password blind — the virtual keyboard itself works fine, I just can't see the screen or whether it's ready to accept input yet. The same applies to BIOS/UEFI setup screens, boot menus, and GRUB.

**The request**

A macro / saved-snippet feature that replays through the keystroke injector:

1. Save a snippet of text, or record a key sequence (text plus special keys — Enter, Tab, arrows, ESC, F-keys — and delays between them).
2. One-click replay, with a **configurable start delay** (pre-boot screens often accept input late — typing too early drops characters) and inter-key delay.
3. Store macros **encrypted at rest** and only replayable from a logged-in session — these will often contain disk-encryption passwords.
4. Optionally a "reboot + macro" combo: trigger the restart and have the sequence typed automatically N seconds later, so an encrypted machine comes back up hands-free.

**Why keystrokes and not clipboard paste**

This must be replayed as synthesized keystrokes through the virtual keyboard, not a clipboard-based paste: before the OS boots there is no clipboard to sync. This is exactly the scenario where the virtual keyboard is the more universal channel, and it's a reason to keep investing in it. (JetKVM has a macros feature — there's precedent for this being worth building.)

Better video-mode coverage for pre-boot screens would also be welcome, but the macro fixes the blind-typing problem even when the video never syncs at all.