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Chapter 17 Special-Purpose Configuration Options for Windows Hosts
Hot Key for Cycling Through Virtual Machines and the Host
Computer
Youcanspecifyahotkeyorhot‐keycombinationforcyclingthroughtheavailable
virtualmachinesonahostcomputerwhenrunningWorkstationinfullscreenswitch
mode.Hotkeysbehaveinthefollowingmanner:
Eachtimeyoupressthespecifiedhotkey,thenextvirtualmachineappearsin
order.Youcanalsoincludethehostoperatingsysteminthecycle.
Ifanyparticularvirtualmachineisnotrunning,itisskipped.
Ifonlyonevirtualmachineisrunningandthehostoperatingsystemisnot
includedinthecycle,pressingthehotkeyhasnoeffect.
Thehotkeyforcyclingthroughvirtualmachinesisdefinedintheglobalconfiguration
file(config.ini).Twooptionscontrolcycling:
FullScreenSwitch.cycleKey
Thevalueofthisoptiondefinesthehotkey.Itisspecifiedas<key>,<modifier>.
Ithasnodefault.Forexample,tousethePausekeywithnomodifiertocycle
throughvirtualmachines,addthefollowinglinetotheconfig.inifile,ormodify
itsvalueiftheoptionisalreadyli
sted:
FullScreenSwitch.cycleKey = "0x13,0x0"
FullScreenSwitch.cycleHost
SetthisoptiontoTRUEtoincludethehostoperatingsysteminthecycle.The
defaultisFALSE.Forexample,toincludethehostoperatingsysteminthecycle,
addthefollowinglinetotheconfig.inifile,ormodifyitsvalueiftheoptionis
alreadylisted:
FullScreenSwitch.cycleHost = "TRUE"
Hot Keys for Switching Directly to Virtual Machines and the Host
Computer
Youcanspecifyahotkeyorcombinationofhotkeysforswitchingdirectlytoany
availablevirtualmachineonahostcomputerwhenrunningWorkstationinfullscreen
switchmode.Eachtimeyoupressthespecifiedhotkey,thescreendisplayswitchesto
thatofthespecifiedvirtualmachine.Youcanalsospe
cifyahotkeyforswitching
directlytothehostoperatingsystem.
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