This has been driving me crazy - I can't find out how to get back to the "normal" view. I have uninstalled (purged), removed ~/.config/VirtualBox, looked in all the menus, but just cannot find how to restore the "full view".
Any help appreciated.
[Solved] VirtualBox GUI view - compact
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scott.deagan
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[Solved] VirtualBox GUI view - compact
My VirtualBox GUI (running on Ubuntu 15.10) is "compact". A whole bunch of things are missing from the GUI. Here's a screenshot:
This has been driving me crazy - I can't find out how to get back to the "normal" view. I have uninstalled (purged), removed ~/.config/VirtualBox, looked in all the menus, but just cannot find how to restore the "full view".
Any help appreciated.
This has been driving me crazy - I can't find out how to get back to the "normal" view. I have uninstalled (purged), removed ~/.config/VirtualBox, looked in all the menus, but just cannot find how to restore the "full view".
Any help appreciated.
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Perryg
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Re: VirtualBox GUI view - compact
Run the following in the hosts terminal. Make sure everything VBox is shut down.
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VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/SplitterSizes 236,516 -
scott.deagan
- Posts: 5
- Joined: 29. Jun 2011, 11:02
- Primary OS: Mac OS X Leopard
- VBox Version: OSE other
- Guest OSses: Ubuntu Server
Re: VirtualBox GUI view - compact
Thank you so much!!! I now have the normal view back:
That's been driving me crazy for months. I haven't worried about it too much because I usually just use the terminal to start guests, but it has been niggling away at me lately. So glad I asked in this forum!
That's been driving me crazy for months. I haven't worried about it too much because I usually just use the terminal to start guests, but it has been niggling away at me lately. So glad I asked in this forum!