On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:08:04 +0100, José Silva wrote: > On 15/10/11 12:51, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >>> With Gnome 3, to start, I don't know how to switch to another desktop >>> if I am in VirtualBox fullscreen. Windows absorbs the Windows key, of >>> course, which is also the Gnome 3 hot key, and the top left screen >>> corner is occupied by VB. Does anyone know? >> >> (...) >> >> Hmm... good question. >> >> I have not tried it but (in theory :-P) it should be the same. The >> application you need to run from VB can be placed in a second workspace >> and switching between workspaces can be done in gnome-shell by means of >> "Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down arrow". > > No, doesn't work, not even in windowed mode; VB captures the keystroke > and delivers it to the Windows XP guest; Gnome 3 doesn't even notice it > and IMHO that's the way it should be because you might need it on the > guest. Hum... the host should prevail over the guest (just kidding ;-), but losing the host keybindings because of the running VM is not something I would expect). Anyway, if it does not work, this is a secondary problem :-) Do you have the latest package of VB (and for its guest additions)? I've read about some improvements for GNOME 3 in the last VB changelog :-? > What I think I need is a working corner/top/edge screen trigger which > isn't working with VB fullscreen. Now you say... maybe you can try with a third-party tool, like "xbindkeys" to bind mouse or key actions to events and it's independent of the window manager in use. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.10.15.16.56...@gmail.com
