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Hot Key Combinations

Preferences Hot Keys

Hot key combinations can be different for each user of your computer.

Parallels Workstation allows to define two hot key combinations:

You can set your own hot key combinations different for each case. Key combination should include one or more special keys (Ctrl, Alt and Shift), plus an ordinary key can be added.

To define new key combination, you should perform the following operations:

Some keys and key combinations are prohibited to assign as Parallels Workstation hot keys.

In Windows primary OS: The Tab and the Pause keys are prohibited to use as custom keys.

In Linux primary OS: The Pause key is prohibited to use as a custom key and also the following key combinations are prohibited since they are Linux OS hot keys:

Notes. 1. You can free the mouse and the keyboard from the virtual machine screen without pressing hot key combination, if you install the Parallels Tools. See the Installing Parallels Tools section to learn if this package is available for your guest operating system, and Capturing and Releasing the Keyboard and the Mouse topic.

2. See also Switching a Virtual Machine to Fullscreen Mode for information on running virtual machine in fullscreen mode.