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Minor suggestion:

I frequently use a number of guests for a variety of goals. Some, I might reboot frequently, others I might intend to use for dedicated work and might need to occasionally. However, the shortcuts for these keys are dangerously close in the typical QWERTY layout. Luckily, there's a warning that appears if you erroneously happen to press reboot when all you wanted to do was open the guest in full-screen - unless you have disactivated the warning because it's more of an obstacle than a benefit when you need to reboot other guests multiple times.

My suggestion is this: Can Host+R only reboot when pressed twice, be allocated to a key at least two key distances from any other frequently used Host+key shortcut, or have its shortcut be defined separately? Simple solutions for those of use who have stubby fingers, and no screaming involved.

What's wrong with simply reassigning the host key to something you wouldn't press by accident?

The thing is I want to press the Host key, I want to press the Host key and then the F key so I can overcome any hinderance from any host OS interface artifacts when I'm dealing with the guest, and the problem occurs when the R key gets in the way but I've disabled warnings because I may be (for example) trying a series of Live CD ISOs on another guest and need to reboot them like a maniac.

Another solution would be to improve my finger dexterity, but my stubby fingers are obstinant.

Subscribe to the following enhancement:

http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8587