VirtualBox hostkey (Right CTRL) not working when "Show position of pointer when control key is pressed" option is selected in mouse preferences in Ubuntu

[Yogesh Girikumar]

Hi,

The HostKey (Right CTRL by default) doesn't work when the "Show position of pointer when control key is pressed" option is selected in mouse preferences in Ubuntu.

To reproduce:

On Ubuntu, go to System -> Preference -> Mouse
Click the check box for : "Show position of pointer when control key is pressed"
Close the window
Test if it works by pressing both CTRL keys. If it works, a concentric circle animation is shown around the pointer making the position of the mouse pointer on the screen very obvious.

The problem: When the above is in effect, start a VM on VirtualBox, try to use hostkey to capture mouse or to go to the virtual terminals if you're running linux. (HostKey + F1). The action takes no effect in my case. Also not able to take snapshots (HostKey + S) or Quit the VM (HostKey + Q).

Thanks,
Yogesh Girikumar.

[Frank Mehnert]

That is no bug of VirtualBox. The key is just not passed to the VirtualBox process so there is nothing we can do about it.