I have had this problem for quite a while (a year or more, certainly
it was present in VirtualBox 5, not sure about 4) and I still have it
now I have upgraded to VirtualBox 6.0 and I have it with a new Windows
7 virtual machine that I have just installed.
So, first the details of my system, software versions etc.:-
Host: xubuntu Linux 19.04 with kernel 5.0.0-35 from Ubuntu repositories
VirtualBox: Version 6.0.14 r133895 (Qt5.12.2)
I'm running 32-bit WinXP and Windows 7 virtual machines with few extras.
I can neither resize by dragging borders nor move the virtual machine
windows, all other windows on my desktops work absolutely normally and
can be moved, resized, etc. I don't seem to have any other problems
with the virtual machines, they work fine, I can run software, etc. I
just can't move or resize them.
The menu entries in the 'View' menu of the XP vm act as follows:-
Full Screen - works correctly, I can switch the vm to full screen mode (and
back)
Seamless Mode - ?
Scaled Mode - works, but currently always switches to full screen in scaled
mode
Adjust Window Size - does absolutely nothing at all (except see below)
Auto Resize Guest Display - doesn't seem to do anything
...
Virtual Screen 1 - All settings here work, so I can change window size
using this
In the Windows 7 vm window the 'View' menu is mostly similar except:-
Seamless Mode and Auto Resize Guest Display are both greyed out
Virtual Screen 1 - All Resize options are greyed out, Scaled options still
work.
Note:-
The little dotted triangular area just inside the bottom RH corner
of the vm window frame *does* resize the frame, but only the
frame. It doesn't resize the actual GUI display of the vm. If
the frame size has been changed like this then RightCtrl + A just
moves the frame back to where it was around the GUI closing up the
empty border.
So, to summarize, I can't move or resize my Windows7 vm at all, I can
only resize the XP one by using the View menu. Everything else on my
system seems to work pretty much OK.
I *used* to be able to move and resize vm windows, probably back in
VirtualBox version 4.x I think.
I've done web searches for this problem, and although it seems to be
quite common there doesn't seem to be any obvious cure.
Can anyone here suggest how to fix it?
--
Chris Green
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