I have been using vmware on Linux since 1999, and I don't recall this ever happening before though it is driving me crazy. I use a feature of X11 called "mouse over activation" which basically switches windows(without raising one window above another) without having to click on them.
Starting with Workstation 14.x a couple of months ago after ~1-3 days of usage mouse over activation stops working for me. I run workstation with windows 7 full screen on one virtual desktop and I frequently go back and forth between that virtual desktop and the others(16 desktops total). I can't recall mouse over activation ever breaking for me in the 20 or so years I have relied upon it. Given vmware's interaction with mouse grabbing I am confident it is responsible for the breakage.
Another issue, that I am less concerned about is sometimes the mouse cursor gets trapped or stuck and my only resolution is to switch out of X11 (back to console) and switch back to X11 again, which resolves the issue, I am sure that is vmware related as well but is not a big bother.
Currently running workstation 14.1.1 on Linux mint 17 on a Lenovo P50 w/Nvidia graphics.
I was going to upgrade to 14.1.2 though the release notes make me think this issue is not fixed.
Instead, going to attempt to downgrade to 12.x now(never had a need to downgrade workstation before), see if that fixes it as 12.x was working fine for me before I only upgraded due to a black friday sale last year.
I see nothing in the search results for this forum about mouse over activation so I guess not holding my breath in the event someone else has seen this issue and knows a resolution.
thanks
