host key defaults to right control key which does not exist on Toshiba Tecra

[Jerry Waldorf]

On the Toshiba Tecra there is no right control key so once captured it is not possible to uncapture. I manually changed the host key to be the windows key which works fine. It would be ideal if VirtualBox could detect what keys are actually available on the machine that is being installed and if no right control key exists then pick another one that does so that VirtualBox works out of the box without any configuration or manual reading. I think this would have a major positive impact on the first 15 minutes of use. It was the only thing that stopped me from having a perfect installation experience.

[Technologov]

I afraid this is not possible to fix, because our world contains thousands of non-standard keyboards. AFAIK such limited keyboards with lacking keys cannot be detected automatically.

Users who are using those keyboards must be aware of the limitations, and pre-configure VirtualBox to use a different host key.

But manual detection possible; I have a good idea.

When VirtualBox first starts, it should ask which key (or key combination, in the future) should become the "host key". (with recommended "right ctrl")

On your limited hardware, a user will press something else, and so something else will become a host key.

-Technologov