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Setup:
Host: MBP running OS X 10.11.5
VMware: Fusion 8.1.1 (3771013)
Guest OS: Windows 10 or Server 2016 TP5 so far
I have the VMware guest running in full screen using the VMware UI. Inside the guest, I use Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe) to connect to another Windows 10 system.
Issue:
alt(option)-tab works fine on the guest itself, I can switch between apps that aren't RDC.
If I open an RDC connection that is NOT full screen, alt-tab switches between guest windows; treating the RDC window as another app.
If I open an RDC connection in full screen, alt-tab is completely and silently lost. It doesn't switch apps windows in the guest OS, nor in the RDC session.
I've tried alt-FN-arrows which are Home, End, Page-Up, Page-Down, but they also fail to do anything noticeable.
Is there a setting I missed somewhere to get the keys passed through to RDC connections, or an alternative key to switch apps inside the session?
Note:
If I manually RDP into the VMWare guest, then run mstsc inside the guest, all the keys work as expected. This is definitely a VMWare issue, not configuration in the guest OS.
Eris
Posted 2016-07-06T17:44:22.067
Reputation: 463
short answer, no - any key command which can be interpreted first by your native OS... will be. – Tetsujin – 2016-07-06T18:15:53.200
@Tetsujin Then how does the guest itself register alt-tab? It's only in the RDP session inside the guest that does nothing – Eris – 2016-07-06T19:27:32.427
Sorry, in this case it's the VM that is 'native' - it's an RDC issue. Apple RD does the same as MS. I have to change some of my own key commands so others' work. – Tetsujin – 2016-07-07T05:13:21.657