Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:11:09 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Scott Ballantyne <sdb@ssr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ALT key problem with Virtual Box? Message-ID: <20130629191109.cd9444c9.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20130629162457.95950.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> References: <20130629162457.95950.qmail@irelay.ssr.com>
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On 29 Jun 2013 16:24:57 -0000, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Windows 7 under VirtualBox 4.2.6_OSE, and it seems the ALT > key doesn't work. I need to use Photoshop, and there are a few > operations that require a combination of holding down the ALT key and > using a left-mouse-button click. > > I've googled and found reports on Linux from 2011 of this problem, but > none of the solutions I've tried have fixed the problem. I'm using > Gnome as my window manager, if that has any bearing on the issue. Maybe this is the reason. Several window managers are using Alt + left mouse key for a windowing operation (usually moving the window without requiring dragging it by the title bar). Check if you can "unconfigure" this setting in Gnome's window management preferences. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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