Date: 29 Jun 2013 20:28:23 -0000 From: Scott Ballantyne <sdb@ssr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ALT key problem with Virtual Box? Message-ID: <20130629202823.97250.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> In-Reply-To: <20130629191109.cd9444c9.freebsd@edvax.de> (message from Polytropon on Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:11:09 %2B0200) References: <20130629162457.95950.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> <20130629191109.cd9444c9.freebsd@edvax.de>
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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. Thank you. I changed the setting to use the windows key instead of ALT for window dragging, but sadly it didn't help my other difficulty. Thanks so much, though! Best, Scott
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