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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 10 Feb 2015 08:23:41 +0000wm shortcuts ignored in virtual machinehttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/I have a window showing a virtualized Windows7. W7 captures every wm keyboard shortcut, so I need to move the mouse out of the window to be able to send shortcuts to i3. Windows7 is running in kvm/qemu/libvirt, with Spice monitor and QXL video card. Is it possible for the window manager to capture these shortcuts?Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:22:13 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/Comment by bitozoid for I have a window showing a virtualized Windows7. W7 captures every wm keyboard shortcut, so I need to move the mouse out of the window to be able to send shortcuts to i3. Windows7 is running in kvm/qemu/libvirt, with Spice monitor and QXL video card. Is it possible for the window manager to capture these shortcuts? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3418#comment-3418I have just installed serial, storage, balloon and network. No difference. I tried also to disable the Windows Key with KeyMapper. No success neither.Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:28:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3418#comment-3418Comment by joepd for I have a window showing a virtualized Windows7. W7 captures every wm keyboard shortcut, so I need to move the mouse out of the window to be able to send shortcuts to i3. Windows7 is running in kvm/qemu/libvirt, with Spice monitor and QXL video card. Is it possible for the window manager to capture these shortcuts? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3411#comment-3411Double: https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3270/using-windows-systems-in-vnc-or-vm-with-windows-keysupermod4/Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:54:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3411#comment-3411Comment by bitozoid for I have a window showing a virtualized Windows7. W7 captures every wm keyboard shortcut, so I need to move the mouse out of the window to be able to send shortcuts to i3. Windows7 is running in kvm/qemu/libvirt, with Spice monitor and QXL video card. Is it possible for the window manager to capture these shortcuts? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3472#comment-3472Finally got it working with SPICE_NOGRAB=1. Thanks a lot. http://listarc.com/showthread.php?4965005-virt-viewer+keyboard+handlingTue, 04 Mar 2014 11:15:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3472#comment-3472Comment by cdlscpmv for I have a window showing a virtualized Windows7. W7 captures every wm keyboard shortcut, so I need to move the mouse out of the window to be able to send shortcuts to i3. Windows7 is running in kvm/qemu/libvirt, with Spice monitor and QXL video card. Is it possible for the window manager to capture these shortcuts? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3423#comment-3423Read this https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#additions-windows Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:04:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3423#comment-3423Comment by cdlscpmv for I have a window showing a virtualized Windows7. W7 captures every wm keyboard shortcut, so I need to move the mouse out of the window to be able to send shortcuts to i3. Windows7 is running in kvm/qemu/libvirt, with Spice monitor and QXL video card. Is it possible for the window manager to capture these shortcuts? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3415#comment-3415Do you have Windows guest drivers installed?Sun, 23 Feb 2014 03:56:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?comment=3415#comment-3415Answer by savanna_cat for I have a window showing a virtualized Windows7. W7 captures every wm keyboard shortcut, so I need to move the mouse out of the window to be able to send shortcuts to i3. Windows7 is running in kvm/qemu/libvirt, with Spice monitor and QXL video card. Is it possible for the window manager to capture these shortcuts? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?answer=5442#post-id-5442Another solution: if you're using multiple monitors, you can move your mouse from the Windows VM to another monitor, then type your command. Tue, 10 Feb 2015 08:23:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3410/wm-shortcuts-ignored-in-virtual-machine/?answer=5442#post-id-5442