Can I set the Host Key with VBoxManage?

[paulehoffman]

Greetings. I'm not seeing anything in the documentation about how I would set the Host Key for the program from VBoxManage. This seems odd because the doc says "VBoxManage supports all the features that the graphical user interface gives you access to, but it supports a lot more than that."

Clues appreciated.

[Perryg]

VBoxManage getextradata and setextradata (global)

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VBoxManage getextradata global GUI/Input/HostKeyCombination

Will show you the current setting. But the real trick is finding the proper value to set this with VBoxManage setextradata global

Rt Ctrl = 65508
Left Ctrl = 65507

[paulehoffman]

Thanks! That was far from clear in the doc.

Any chance you might know the value for my favorite, "Right Alt"? Or, better, where can I find the values table?

[Perryg]

Rt Alt = 65514

I have written a few down but other than looking inside the code.
Python seems to be the right place to look though. http://packages.python.org/pyglet/api/p ... odule.html for a list of what you need.

[paulehoffman]

Many thanks. I'll try to get this patched into the doc.

[Perryg]

Just keep in mind that some of the combinations would be illegal. Just the common ones are to be used. (no function keys, Etc.)

[wxl]

what are the accepted values? i didn't find this in any obvious place in the code. i understand key combinations are a thing now, too, eh?