On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:04:33 +0100, José Silva wrote:
On 15/10/11 19:31, José Silva wrote:
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With Gnome 3, to start, I don't know how to switch to another
desktop if I am in VirtualBox fullscreen. Windows absorbs the
Windows key, of course, which is also the Gnome 3 hot key, and the
top left screen corner is occupied by VB. Does anyone know?
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Got it!
For others with same problem, VirtualBox catches all keystrokes, even
system ones like windows key or Alt+Tab and passes it to the guest VM
unless you uncheck "Auto Capture Keyboard" on VB manager (GUI)
File/Preferences/Input tab.
That makes more sense ;-)
Obviously, if you do this, you no longer can, for example, use the
windows key for guest start menu or Alt+Tab to switch windows on guest
VM; you can't have it all.
Well, that option has been always available in VB, I thought it was not
working for you within GNOME3/gnome-shell.
Besides, you can choose a "master key" to gain the control over the
virtual machine guest or over the host, this is a documented feature:
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#idp7665552
There should be no need to completely disable this, just configuring the
master key which allows you to alternate between host/guest to avoid
overlapping so you can give the focus to the proper application (gnome-
shell or vm) and then run the desired keycombo to change the workspace.