The Preferences window offers a selection of settings, which apply to all virtual machines of the current user.

To display the Preferences window, do either of the following:

• Select File, Preferences.

• Click Preferences on the Welcome screen in VirtualBox Manager.

The following settings are available:

• General. Enables you to specify the default folder or directory for VM files, and the VRDP Authentication Library.

• Input. Enables you to specify keyboard shortcuts, such as the Host key. This is the key that toggles whether the cursor is in the focus of the VM or the Host OS windows, see . The Host key is also used to trigger certain VM actions, see .

• Update. Enables you to specify various settings for Automatic Updates.

• Language. Enables you to specify the language used for menus, labels, and text in VirtualBox Manager.

• Display. Enables you to specify the screen resolution, and its width and height. A default scale factor can be specified for all guest screens.

• Proxy. Enables you to configure an HTTP Proxy Server.

• Interface. Enables you to select a color theme for the VirtualBox Manager user interface.

  This setting is only available on Windows host platforms.