Opened 10 years ago
#13249 new enhancement
A requested new spin on Ticket#11176 Mouse integration and snap to default button in a guest OS
| Reported by: | LanceLance | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | guest additions | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.14 |
| Keywords: | Snap to default button | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | all |
Description
Please consider adding an option that could be enabled on trusted Windows guests that would allow guest-initiated mouse pointer movements to occur.
Many professionals use the "Snap to default button" on Windows hosts, and would like this option available on Windows guests.
If an optional checkbox is addded to VirtualBox Manager: Settings \ General \ Advanced \ [X] Allow Mouse Pointer Snap It would help to improve VirtualBox popularity for Windows Guests.
And by making this feature optional, it will not interfere with justifications for not allowing this level of control for all Guests by default.
Thank you for considering.
Original ticket#11176 text follows:
Mouse integration is a great feature, but misses one piece: guest OS can not control position of mouse pointer. This can be easily verified in the Windows XP guest OS. Go to the Control Panel/Mouse, select 'Pointer Parameters' tab and check the 'Snap to default button' checkbox. After this, with mouse integration disabled mouse cursor will jump to the default dialog button (eg, the OK button). It will not however, with mouse integration enabled. This will also cause problems with programs which move mouse cursor programmatically and expect it to actually move.
Thank you again for considering.
Mouse Properties Example