Parallells - Make cmd-tab work all the time?

edalzell · 10-13-2006, 11:53 AM

I am using XP as my guest OS and running Parallels Desktop for Mac on my MB (OSX 10.4.7).

I can cmd-tab into Parallels, but I can never cmd-tab *out* of Parallels/XP.

Is there a setting I can use to allow this?

Thanks

yellow · 10-13-2006, 01:36 PM

I doubt it.

By design, Parallels grabs focus and keeps it unless someone presses the default key combo of ctl+alt to change focus back to OS X. I suppose you can try and change that key combo to cmd+tab, but beyond that, I don't think Parallels (or Windows) supports what you want to do.

edalzell · 10-13-2006, 01:40 PM

Ok, thanks for that info.

It is a very hard habit to break.

Thanks

10-13-2006, 11:53 AM	#1
edalzell MVP Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,370	Parallells - Make cmd-tab work all the time? I am using XP as my guest OS and running Parallels Desktop for Mac on my MB (OSX 10.4.7). I can cmd-tab into Parallels, but I can never cmd-tab out of Parallels/XP. Is there a setting I can use to allow this? Thanks

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10-13-2006, 01:36 PM	#2
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	I doubt it. By design, Parallels grabs focus and keeps it unless someone presses the default key combo of ctl+alt to change focus back to OS X. I suppose you can try and change that key combo to cmd+tab, but beyond that, I don't think Parallels (or Windows) supports what you want to do.

10-13-2006, 01:40 PM	#3
edalzell MVP Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,370	Ok, thanks for that info. It is a very hard habit to break. Thanks