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So, in my linux install, I have set global hotkeys to move whatever window I have focused either to half of the screen to the right, half of the screen to the left, half of the screen to the top, or half of the screen to the bottom. These work perfectly fine most of the time, and do just what they're supposed to do. The problem that I've been having is that these hotkeys at random, decide that they are going to effect the virtualbox window instead of the program inside the guest OS. The same hotkeys that I have set are set on my host OS, but they rotate the screen instead of move windows, and since the screen is not rotating, the host OS is quite clearly not intercepting the hotkey commands. This is a problem with VirtualBox. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

It just seems that your hotkeys are intercepted by whatever window is active. if the guest window is active it will intercept the keys. if a window in the host is active, it will intercept the keys.

loukingjr wrote:It just seems that your hotkeys are intercepted by whatever window is active. if the guest window is active it will intercept the keys. if a window in the host is active, it will intercept the keys.

Nope. It happens even if I click in the windows inside my guest OS. I know, because I've tried doing this to fix the problem, and it does not fix it.

Just a thought. It can't be good to have the same hotkeys set for both the host and guest. Both the guest and the host have to constantly poll the keyboard taking turns. So the randomness you are seeing could just be the host or the guest intercepts the keystrokes when you don't want them to. Perhaps changing the hotkeys of one of them to something else would help.

loukingjr wrote:Just a thought. It can't be good to have the same hotkeys set for both the host and guest. Both the guest and the host have to constantly poll the keyboard taking turns. So the randomness you are seeing could just be the host or the guest intercepts the keystrokes when you don't want them to. Perhaps changing the hotkeys of one of them to something else would help.

I highly doubt it. If the host OS were intercepting the hotkeys it would flip the entire screen sideways. Not even my screen brightness and volume control buttons work when the guest OS window is active, so I doubt the host OS is intercepting the commands.

Jaclyn wrote:

loukingjr wrote:Just a thought. It can't be good to have the same hotkeys set for both the host and guest. Both the guest and the host have to constantly poll the keyboard taking turns. So the randomness you are seeing could just be the host or the guest intercepts the keystrokes when you don't want them to. Perhaps changing the hotkeys of one of them to something else would help.

I highly doubt it. If the host OS were intercepting the hotkeys it would flip the entire screen sideways. Not even my screen brightness and volume control buttons work when the guest OS window is active, so I doubt the host OS is intercepting the commands.

well, probably not worth trying to switch the hotkeys then.