When Ctrl-Click in a Windows VMware Fusion VM does right-click, when you thought you turned that off
Posted by jpluimers on 2019/05/10
A while ago, I was surprised that in a Windows VM running under VMware Fusion, the Ctrl-Click performed a right click, despite me having changed the configuration:
I was wrong, as I had forgotten I assigned the “Windows 8 Profile” tot hat VM (as it was running Windows 8.1), which had the Secondary Button still mapped to the Control+Primary Button:
Related:
- Ctrl-Click
- [WayBack] Tip: Control-click – VMware Fusion Blog – VMware Blogs:
Unlike OS X, most other operating systems require the use of multibutton mice. Most Mac users know you can ctrl-click to simulate a right click, and you can do that in Fusion as well. But what if you actually want to ctrl-click in the guest – say, to select multiple items in Explorer? In Fusion’s […]
- [WayBack] ctrl-click forced to right-mouse-click, Fusion 10 ignores preferences… |VMware Communities
- [WayBack] Disable Ctrl+Click Emulating Right Click? | MacRumors Forums
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- [WayBack] Tip: Control-click – VMware Fusion Blog – VMware Blogs:
- Profiles
- HID issues in VMware Fusion 10: [WayBack] VMware Fusion 10.0 Release Notes
–jeroen
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