Opened 12 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#9937 closed defect
resuming a VM saved via keyboard causes keys to not be seen — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | jayfinger | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.6 |
| Keywords: | keyboard modifiers save resume | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Mac OS X |
Description
I use Command-Q to Save my guest and stop VB. Actually, I have re-bound Command-Q to be Control-Option-Command-Q, since I want the Command-Q binding to go to my VM. The rebinding of the menu option was done with the Mac's "defaults" command.
That part works... I hit Control-Option-Command-Q, VB asks me if I want to Save, Shutdown, or Power Off. I save.
Some time later I restore. The keyboard does not work at that point. Or depending on which window has focus, it might do unexpected things. What fixes it, is I press and release each of the modifier keys.
I am guessing that what is happening is that the saved VM things I'm still holding down Control-Option-Command, from when I used the keyboard to Save & Quit from VB before. When restoring the guest it has missed the key-up events, and thinks I'm still holding them down. Probably the restore operation needs to do a little keyboard dance with the guest so that the guest sees the correct state of the modifiers when the guest is resumed.
Since I have figured out what is going on this is minor. But it could be a real problem for somebody that doesn't get it. I'm submitting with a priority of "Minor" anyhow.
My guest at the moment is CentOS 6.0 x86_64, and I have the 4.1.6 extensions and guest additions installed.
