Broken Display Arrangement Configuration w/ VirtualBox Additions 7.0.4.

[agilis]

Hello, the issue in which I will try to describe occurs when you have more than 1 display associated with the Linux Guest, in my case Ubuntu Mate 22.04 LTS running under a Windows Host.

The issue occurs when you try to switch the default display arrangement so that it matches the physical arrangement of the displays. For example, if your 2 displays need to be switched so that when you move a window from 1 display to the other, it understands that the display is on the left opposed to on the right.

The behavior that occurs when you attempt to switch the arrangement is this:

• The Guest displays a confirmation dialog.
• When you try to click on "Keep this Configuration" there is no way to interact with the dialog.
• However if you move the mouse to the display the dialog is not on, and try clicking where the window would be if it was on that display, you can interact with the dialog in a very difficult way.

The Guest moves the window to the correct display but the the window is rendered on the wrong display.

When I downgraded to VirtualBox v6.1.40, the issue still occurred. I then downgraded to the VirtualBox Additions that come with v6.1.40, and once that was complete, the issue no longer occurred worked correctly.

Therefore it is my conclusion that the VirtualBox Additions that are packaged with VirtualBox v7.0.4 are causing this annoying and unfortunate behavior in regards to display arrangement.

I can provide more information if needed however I cannot easily provide a video capture of the behavior I am experiencing.

Thanks,

- Rick

[agilis]

This is still an issue in 7.0.8.

[agilis]

I seem to have resolved this issue by reassigning the display indexes:

Instead of:

View: Virtual Display 1: Use Host Screen 1 Virtual Display 2: Use Host Screen 2

View: Virtual Display 1: Use Host Screen 2 Virtual Display 2: Use Host Screen 1

This fixed the screen behavior I was experiencing.