Getting host to capture certain key presses in VirtualBox
Problem
I'm using VirtualBox on Ubuntu 9.10 with Windows XP as the guest OS. It's pretty annoying that when I am in the guest OS - I can't switch virtual desktops (workspaces) on the host (Ubuntu) by pressing Control+Alt+(Left|Right|Up|Down) because VirtualBox captures those key combinations. Is it possible to disable keyboard capture for some key combinations?
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Fix for: Getting host to capture certain key presses in VirtualBox
While there are some Host Key shortcuts that activate certain VirtualBox functions (eg, Host Key+P which pauses the Guest), I don't know of any way to configure VirtualBox to send Host Key shortcuts to the Host OS. However, since VirtualBox has an open source edition, it may be possible to modify the source code to add this feature. You can access the VirtualBox source code at the Download link. In the meantime, you can use the Host Key to release the keyboard from the VirtualBox Guest's contro…
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