I'm running Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 as a guest OS using beta 5 on a MacBook Pro. A keyboard mapping issue arises when I switch into fullscreen mode and then use cmd-H to hide the guest OS and work in Mac OS. It appears that, on returning to the guest OS, the "ctrl" key is always active. For example, when I type "f" on returning to Windows XP, the find command is activated. Similarly, pressing "r" brings up the "run" command in the start menu. The problem does not appear when I first enter into fullscreen mode. I've tested that a couple of times. It's only after I hide the guest OS using cmd-H and then return. Is this a bug or is there a workaround that I'm missing?
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WinXP keyboard issue in fullscreen mode
- Thread starter mejacobs
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I have this problem, but not involving fullscreen (but may be related to hiding?)
I usually find it when I'm typing an email in Outlook and suddenly Windows programs such as Windows Explorer and the Run dialog start launching , depending what letters I type. This is a serious problem, have to stop working and restart to fix (it seems).
I usually find it when I'm typing an email in Outlook and suddenly Windows programs such as Windows Explorer and the Run dialog start launching , depending what letters I type. This is a serious problem, have to stop working and restart to fix (it seems).
mejacobs said:I'm running Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 as a guest OS using beta 5 on a MacBook Pro. A keyboard mapping issue arises when I switch into fullscreen mode and then use cmd-H to hide the guest OS and work in Mac OS. It appears that, on returning to the guest OS, the "ctrl" key is always active. For example, when I type "f" on returning to Windows XP, the find command is activated. Similarly, pressing "r" brings up the "run" command in the start menu. The problem does not appear when I first enter into fullscreen mode. I've tested that a couple of times. It's only after I hide the guest OS using cmd-H and then return. Is this a bug or is there a workaround that I'm missing?
I've had the same problem when using Virtue to switch desktops between fullscreen Parallels and another OS X desktop. The hotkey combination is ctrl-shift-leftarrow. When flicking back to Parallels the ctrl and shift keys are depressed, even though physically they're released. Pressing and releasing the keys restores them to the correct state.
I seem to recall this was a bug in the early development of QEMU and was solved by probing the ctrl/shift/alt/meta keys actual state when regaining focus and sending "ghost" events to the guest OS to push it into the correct state.
CDN said:I have this problem, but not involving fullscreen (but may be related to hiding?)
I usually find it when I'm typing an email in Outlook and suddenly Windows programs such as Windows Explorer and the Run dialog start launching , depending what letters I type. This is a serious problem, have to stop working and restart to fix (it seems).
CDN-you're correct, the problem appears to be related to hiding, not to fullscreen. I can recreate the same problem in windowed mode by hiding the guest OS using command-H. It just so happened that the only time I had used command-H was when running the guest OS in fullscreen mode, so I assumed (incorrectly, it now seems) that it was related.