Opened 13 years ago
Last modified 13 years ago
#7895 new defect
multimon fullscreen mode is broken in 4.x
| Reported by: | ddn | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI/multiview | Version: | VirtualBox 4.0.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Hello. Im using virtualbox 3.x without this problem at all. I have 2 monitors running in dualview mode (so i have two separated desktops). First desktop is primary.
Virtualbox Manager GUI running on first monitor and guest VM running on second monitor. now if i press <host>+F combination (goto fullscreen) my guest VM is switched to primary monitor! if i press <host>+F again, it will go away to second monitor.
I expect to see fullscreen mode on second monitor (that is working flawless in 3.x builds)
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Change History (6)
by , 13 years ago
| Attachment: | WinXPsp3-2010-12-23-20-56-25.log added |
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comment:1 by , 13 years ago
I've seen this behaviour in 3.2.12
Is this related to http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37367?
comment:2 by , 13 years ago
in 3.2.12 (and other 3.x versions) i see VB *CAN* detect monitor automatically according to its window placement with running virtual machine. so seems it is UI design problem with new 4.x branch :(
using alt+f to force full screen and after that changing monitor in mini-toolbar is non user intuitive action....
comment:3 by , 13 years ago
| Component: | other → GUI/multiview |
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comment:4 by , 13 years ago
| priority: | critical → major |
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comment:5 by , 13 years ago
using alt+f to force full screen and after that changing monitor in mini-toolbar is non user intuitive action....
Not to mention, on dual screen system when the second monitor is not plugged in, you can't *see* the non-intuitive mini-toolbar. Ever. (I run my laptop with a monitor plugged in most of the time, with guest VM full-screened on the external monitor. I can't work out what the major keystroke sequence needs to be - Ctrl-F un-full-screens, but does not then have the menu option to change which host screen to use!)
Please put the host screen selection on the non-fullscreened View menu. Better still, also let vboxmanage controlvm do something about it in case the monitor can't be seen at all.
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