Shortcut not entering VB

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mihaicj
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Shortcut not entering VB

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Hi. I'm running VB on Linux and I have multiple workspaces. It would be really cool if I could tell VB not to map the key combination for switching desktops. That is not send it to the virtual machine. Is there any way to do this?
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Re: Shortcut not entering VB

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Hit the right Ctrl button before switching.
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Re: Shortcut not entering VB

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This is acceptable. Thanks. Although if there were a way to permanently map a certain key combination, that would be better.
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Re: Shortcut not entering VB

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In the VBox program GUI, click on file, then preference and then input. Change it there.
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Re: Shortcut not entering VB

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Perryg wrote:In the VBox program GUI, click on file, then preference and then input. Change it there.
Have you understood my question?
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mihaicj wrote:This is acceptable. Thanks. Although if there were a way to permanently map a certain key combination, that would be better.
Well I read what you wrote and gave you a way to change it other than that you are on your own!
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Re: Shortcut not entering VB

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Perryg wrote:
mihaicj wrote:This is acceptable. Thanks. Although if there were a way to permanently map a certain key combination, that would be better.
Well I read what you wrote and gave you a way to change it other than that you are on your own!
I know how to do that. What I would really like would be to be able to specify a combination that just isn't mapped to the VM but to my OS.
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