id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 8596 """Auto capture keyboard"" option can't be disabled." hercules "I unchecked ""Auto capture keyboard"" in File->Preferences->Input. But whenever I press alt+tab to change focus from virtualbox to another program and press alt+tab again to switch the focus back to virtualbox, virtualbox captures the keyboard automatically. It didn't happen in VirtualBox 3.x It started to happen since VirtualBox 4.0.4 I use windows xp sp3 as guest. And I use slackware64 linux as host." defect closed GUI VirtualBox 4.0.4 fixed keyboard Windows Linux