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