Jeff, Are you switching to full-screen mode when you are focussed on VMWare? You should generally need to do this once when you first start your VM.
On Jun 23, 2011, at 7:44 PM, joseph wrote: > hi > > i tried your method but i still had to quit voice over to get to the virtual > machine. am i missing something here? > > best > > On 23 Jun 2011, at 16:26, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: > >> Hello Jeff, >> Since I don't like having to turn off VO everytime I switch to using my VM, >> I've found that one can solve the keyboard focus issue by going to Fusion >> preferences/general and navigating to the popup button after Games. Activate >> this popup button and navigate down to Always optimize mouse for games and >> you should be all set. >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> On Jun 22, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >>> Here is the way I solve this. Once in the virtual machine, turn off voice >>> over and press command control enter, this puts the virtual machine in full >>> screen mode. Your keyboard focus will remain in the virtual machine. If you >>> need to do something on the mac, press command control enter again and >>> reenable voiceover. After the first time doing this, if you switch back and >>> forth between fusion and other apps, it seems to work fine. >>> On Jun 22, 2011, at 3:05 PM, Jeff Bishop wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Everyone, >>>> >>>> As I will be attempting this to replace my Windows machine (putting >>>> Windows on my Mac) I wanted to start a thread about Fusion and keyboard >>>> issues. >>>> >>>> One of the issues I have seen from users is an issue of keyboard focus >>>> being maintained or switching between operating systems. Meaning, once in >>>> Windows, making sure keyboard focus stays in Windows and doesn’t switch >>>> away or staying in Mac land. >>>> >>>> Has anyone else seen this with the latest version and if so do you have >>>> suggestions to resolve it? I will be working with my son Brian who is also >>>> getting a Mac so I am sure we may run into this ourselves. Just trying to >>>> get ahead here as this will be a vital issue for both him and me. >>>> >>>> I really don’t want to Bootcamp if I can help it. >>>> >>>> Also, have others seen a difference between XP and Windows 7 as it relates >>>> to the keyboard focus issue? >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
