Ticket #3506 (closed enhancement: fixed)
Option to completely disable mouse capturing
| Reported by: | GotenXiao | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 2.1.4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
I've currently got a Debian Lenny virtual machine running that is essentially a headless box. X is never going to be installed, and after about half an hour of fruitless searching, I've come to the conclusion that it is not possible to disable mouse capturing. Would it be possible, for example, to add a "peripherals" option of some description in the VM properties to disable the virtual mouse device entirely?
Change History
comment:1 in reply to: ↑ description Changed 14 years ago by ejtttje
comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by intx13
"Thirded". This is very annoying as it means you have to aim for the titlebar of a VM window; a pain when you're switching between multiple on-screen VMs but don't wish the mouse to capture.
I notice that if you right-click on the mouse indicator on the VMs status bar there is an option entitled "Disable". It is always greyed-out, however.
comment:3 Changed 14 years ago by TippiX
Same wish here! Very annoying, if you click accidentally in the window with the mouse and need then the keyboard to release the cursor.
Disabling mouse capturing should also make it possible to use alt-tab.
comment:8 Changed 13 years ago by dma_k
I vote for this feature. In particular I would like to disable mouse capturing for console mode (Linux guest). In v3.1.6 with guest addons enabled, corresponding menu item is disabled.
comment:9 Changed 13 years ago by aglet
Yes please, the inability to disable capture is annoying for console-only VMs.
comment:10 Changed 13 years ago by endre
Agree, until then: start your vm using VBoxSDL, where you can specify:
--nograbonclick Disable mouse/keyboard grabbing on mouse click w/o additions
It feels awesome!
comment:11 Changed 9 years ago by frank
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
Fix is part of VBox 4.3.16.
comment:12 Changed 8 years ago by raabf
Can someone tell me how to activate this feature? I'am using 4.3.20, but I do not found any option to use it.
comment:13 Changed 8 years ago by frank
Described in user manual section 9.19.10. Not for VBoxSDL (not really maintained anymore) but for the normal GUI.
I would like to second this ticket — it's really annoying if all you want is a command-line terminal, that the mouse keeps being "eaten" when you click the window. It would be wonderful if mouse integration still worked so I could select/copy text in the console, but as a runner-up at least let us disable the pointless mouse capture.