Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#6779 closed defect (fixed)
ALT+TAB and Windows keys not recognized by Windows guests with more than 1 monitor
Reported by: | Wipeout | Owned by: | |
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Component: | GUI/multiview | Version: | VirtualBox 3.2.0 |
Keywords: | ALT+TAB, monitors | Cc: | |
Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Windows 7 Pro x64 Host Windows XP Pro Guest
If the XP guest has two or more monitors selected, ALT+TAB and the Windows key are not recognized by the guest machine, only the host machine.
If the number of monitors is set to 1, ALT+TAB and the Windows key are recognized normally by the guest.
This is in the Forum in two areas: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=31147 and http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31233
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Change History (6)
by , 14 years ago
comment:1 by , 14 years ago
comment:2 by , 14 years ago
An update - for me, at least, this only happens with monitor 1 in focus. If I ALT+TAB or use the Windows key while the second monitor is in focus, they work correctly.
comment:3 by , 14 years ago
Same here - the icon in the VM window's status bar shows that the keyboard is captured, but in VM window 1 Alt-TAB will go to the host, while in VM window 2 it'll go to the guest... weird.
This doesn't just affect Windows XP, but Windows 7 guests as well. I would suspect it happens for any Windows host/guest combination.