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Can we have a text-only, or small icons version of the VM list, mine is already scrolling well off the screen with 17 guests.

Or how about an expan/collapse system (Qt4 Tree widget?) so you could have a folder for Windows, a folder for Linux, a folder for Solaris etc.

Also how about a way to change the sort order - at the moment its alphabetical, how about being able to sort by OS or last access date?

I think a good idea would be to make the guest list more like Nautilus or Windows Explorer, treating the guests as files/folders.

This sounds like a sensible idea. This is one to raise on the public Bugtracker as an enhancement request.. If you haven't already done so, you'll need to register for a wiki user account (this is different to a forum account sorry). Once you've logged on to the wiki you can raise the ticket.

anyone else want to vote this up on the bugtracker so it will get looked at?

A bit of necrobump, but I would love to see this feature as well. As soon as the number of guests gets bigger than just a few, the VM list interface feels cluttered and unusable. It would be great to be able to switch to simple list view.

The danger of bumping ancient threads instead of reading the current user manual: branching VM lists was added to the GUI years ago. There's no need to use silly kludges like a less visible font size.

@mpack, thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I'm guessing that by "branching VM lists" you refer to the "grouping" functionality? I have just tried it and, although not perfect, it already improves the VM usability a lot for me. Problem solved - cheers.

Yes, I was referring to the grouping feature.