switching full screen mode

[akidd]

is clunky IMHO.

Switching to a windows desktop works great. Switching back means I have to turn the windows desktop into a single window (I think).

Please implement the desktop switching like the other guys. I can switch back and forth with a hotkey and not have to do the two-step to switch back to my windows desktop.

And if the cursor is on top of the screen - show the OSX menubar like Fusion.

Finally, I believe there is a bug in the menu switching to and from fullscreen. I can occasionally get it "stuck" with the check on "Seemless" even when it is in a single window and cannot get the menu to "uncheck" seemless mode. I can only reproduce this by doing it several times.

[cwcheung]

I'm not sure what you mean. I can switch from full screen back to a small window by using hostkey+F (command button in Apple)

[akidd]

My point is I don't want to switch to a small window. I want to switch back and forth to full screen like Parallels and Fusion provide.

[n1L]

I think what he means is switching away from Fullscreen without gouing to window mode and thus triggering a client Resize which in some cases breaks the client OS's screen and is incomfortable. You can do the following to get this partly:

First press tho host Key alone then use alt+tab to switch to another VM/window

n1L

[dmcgraw]

I think what he means is switching away from Fullscreen without gouing to window mode and thus triggering a client Resize which in some cases breaks the client OS's screen and is incomfortable. You can do the following to get this partly:

First press tho host Key alone then use alt+tab to switch to another VM/window

n1L

Do you realize that this thread is almost 2 years old?

[pattimichelle]

Yes, but shouldn't it be easily solved by the coders? Like introducing a *second* Host key? The Host-Alt-tab-arrowkeys is a major pain. And switching to the windowed mode messes up the screen and is also a pain.

One possible workaround is using "seamless" mode and just using the "show desktop" tool in the host system as needed... still, not optimal. Otherwise VirtualBox is *amazing* - I need to donate some $$ to this software!!