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On 12/14/2013 12:54 AM, wraeth wrote: |
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> On 14/12/13 12:10, walt wrote: |
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>> The gnome-shell desktop has a 'gestures-based' feature, which exposes the |
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>> favorites menu if you move the mouse pointer *very* quickly to the left |
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>> upper corner of the screen. Who knew? |
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>> Well, I didn't know until yesterday because virtualbox allows the mouse |
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>> pointer to slide right off of the guest window onto my real desktop without |
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>> notifying the guest machine, apparently. |
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> If i'm not mistaken, the hot corner has to be activated by the mouse cursor |
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> actually hitting the corner. With the typical way the virtual machine works, |
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> with the mouse not actually 'entering' the environment, it's almost impossible |
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> to hit the corner properly as it transitions seamlessly between the guest and |
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> the host. |
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> Two ways to address this are to use the virtual machine in fullscreen mode |
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> (meaning that the corner really is the corner) or to have the virtual machine |
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> fully capture the mouse (requiring it to be released by use of the 'host' key |
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> (generally Right-CTRL). |
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> If you can, give it a try and let me know if it works :) |
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Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. Sees like it should though. |
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