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, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
