4.2. Remote Viewer Connection Options

4.2.1. Remote Viewer Options

When you specify the Native client or Browser plugin console invocation options, you will connect to virtual machines using Remote Viewer. The Remote Viewer window provides a number of options for interacting with the virtual machine to which it is connected.
The Remote Viewer connection menu

Figure 4.5. The Remote Viewer connection menu


Table 4.1. Remote Viewer Options

Option Hotkey
File
  • Screenshot: Takes a screen capture of the active window and saves it in a location of your specification.
  • USB device selection: If USB redirection has been enabled on your virtual machine, the USB device plugged into your client machine can be accessed from this menu.
  • Quit: Closes the console. The hot key for this option is Shift+Ctrl+Q.
View
  • Full screen: Toggles full screen mode on or off. When enabled, full screen mode expands the virtual machine to fill the entire screen. When disabled, the virtual machine is displayed as a window. The hot key for enabling or disabling full screen is SHIFT+F11.
  • Zoom: Zooms in and out of the console window. Ctrl++ zooms in, Ctrl+- zooms out, and Ctrl+0 returns the screen to its original size.
  • Automatically resize: Tick to enable the guest resolution to automatically scale according to the size of the console window.
  • Displays: Allows users to enable and disable displays for the guest virtual machine.
Send key
  • Ctrl+Alt+Del: On a Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual machine, it displays a dialog with options to suspend, shut down or restart the virtual machine. On a Windows virtual machine, it displays the task manager or Windows Security dialog.
  • Ctrl+Alt+Backspace: On a Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual machine, it restarts the X sever. On a Windows virtual machine, it does nothing.
  • Ctrl+Alt+F1
  • Ctrl+Alt+F2
  • Ctrl+Alt+F3
  • Ctrl+Alt+F4
  • Ctrl+Alt+F5
  • Ctrl+Alt+F6
  • Ctrl+Alt+F7
  • Ctrl+Alt+F8
  • Ctrl+Alt+F9
  • Ctrl+Alt+F10
  • Ctrl+Alt+F11
  • Ctrl+Alt+F12
  • Printscreen: Passes the Printscreen keyboard option to the virtual machine.
Help The About entry displays the version details of Virtual Machine Viewer that you are using.
Release Cursor from Virtual Machine SHIFT+F12