I'm running VirtualBox 1.3.8 on a Linux host OS,
and a Windows XP guest OS. One of the applications I run frequently in
the virtual machine is Adobe Photoshop 7. To access a lot of the tools,
there are 'hot keys' that need to be passed to Photoshop. A common hot
key is the Alt key + primary mouse click.
When I do this in the guest with VirtualBox, it captures the Alt
click, but as soon as I add the primary mouse click, the host takes
control. For example, if I Alt+double primary mouse click, it maximizes
the actual VirtualBox window. The Alt+Primary mouse click never reaches
the guest.
I know in VMWare, when the guest OS has focus, it captures _ALL_
keyboard and mouse input, _EXCEPT_ for the hotkey to escape from the
virtual machine, and so hotkeys like the above work (as long as they are
not configured as the virtual machine escape key).
Is there a simple solution to enable this sort of feature in VirtualBox, or is it intended for the next version?