[gentoo-user] Re: [gnome3 stable] Not as bad as I expected

[walt <w41ter@gmail.com>]

On 12/14/2013 12:54 AM, wraeth wrote:
> On 14/12/13 12:10, walt wrote:

> 
>> The gnome-shell desktop has a 'gestures-based' feature, which exposes the
>> favorites menu if you move the mouse pointer *very* quickly to the left
>> upper corner of the screen.  Who knew?
> 
>> Well, I didn't know until yesterday because virtualbox allows the mouse 
>> pointer to slide right off of the guest window onto my real desktop without
>> notifying the guest machine, apparently.
> 
> 
> If i'm not mistaken, the hot corner has to be activated by the mouse cursor
> actually hitting the corner.  With the typical way the virtual machine works,
> with the mouse not actually 'entering' the environment, it's almost impossible
> to hit the corner properly as it transitions seamlessly between the guest and
> the host.
> 
> Two ways to address this are to use the virtual machine in fullscreen mode
> (meaning that the corner really is the corner) or to have the virtual machine
> fully capture the mouse (requiring it to be released by use of the 'host' key
> (generally Right-CTRL).
> 
> If you can, give it a try and let me know if it works :)

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me.  Sees like it should though.