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⇱ #4678 (Linux host running on MacBook Hardware: Default release key should be left-winkey) – Oracle VirtualBox


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  • Opened 17 years ago

    Last modified 17 years ago

    #4678 new defect

    Linux host running on MacBook Hardware: Default release key should be left-winkey

    Reported by: Chris Smowton Owned by:
    Component: installer Version: VirtualBox 3.0.4
    Keywords: Cc:
    Guest type: other Host type: Linux

    Description

    Here's a simple one:

    The default key to release a captured mouse from the VBox window is right-ctrl. Quite rightly it is set to Left-Command when running on an OSX host, because some hardware, such as a MacBook Pro, doesn't have such a button, and you'll be unable to free your mouse without some annoyance.

    However the same decision isn't taken when you run on Linux (or, I imagine, Windows,) running on a MacBook. It'd be neat if the installer would figure out that we're on an Apple device and set the release key to something different!

    Change History (1)

    comment:1 by Michael Thayer, 17 years ago

    So essentially looking at the keyboard type? In theory it could be done, although in days of hotplugged keyboards I have some doubts about it.

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