Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add GTK UI to enable basic accessibility (v2)

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

>> That all keyboard inputs are grabbed when the mouse is in the window and
>> you don't need to press ctrl-alt-g explicitly. And the reverse should
>> happen when the mouse reaches the window border. Just like under SDL,
>> give it a try.
> 
> Right, this was intentional.  I think it's weird that a window would
> steal input when the mouse moves over it breaking desktop accelerators
> like alt tab.  If you've ever alt-tab cycled through windows when QEMU
> is running, if you're unlucky enough to have the mouse where a QEMU
> window may be, the QEMU instance will steal input and prevent alt-tab
> from working anymore.

Same is true the other way around.  Working in the guest, then have the
host desktop grab accelerators can be annoying too.  You might have
wanted switch *guest* windows with alt tab ;)

It is a tricky usability issue.

cheers,
  Gerd