#3506 closed enhancement (fixed)
Option to completely disable mouse capturing
| Reported by: | Robin Lewis | 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 (13)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
"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 by , 16 years ago
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 by , 15 years ago
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 by , 15 years ago
Yes please, the inability to disable capture is annoying for console-only VMs.
comment:10 by , 15 years ago
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:12 by , 10 years ago
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 by , 10 years ago
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.