Passing Calculator Key to Guest

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BryanLee
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Passing Calculator Key to Guest

Post by BryanLee »

How can I configure VirtualBox to pass a "Calculator Key" press to the guest OS?

Host: Ubuntu 17.10
Guest: Windows 10
socratis
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Re: Passing Calculator Key to Guest

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You can't.
The "Calculator" key is not part of the standard keyboard that VirtualBox emulates.
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BryanLee
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Re: Passing Calculator Key to Guest

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Not gonna lie, it's a little surprising that we can't pass the multi-media keys into a guest. But at least a "No it can't be done" answer is better than no answer at all, lol.

Thanks!
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Re: Passing Calculator Key to Guest

Post by socratis »

BryanLee wrote:Not gonna lie, it's a little surprising that we can't pass the multi-media keys into a guest.
Not surprising at all. Go get yourself an IBM keyboard (the 104-key one). If you find a "Calculator" key, you win... ;)
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