Cmd+Tab working in Workstation Pro, but not Fusion Pro

[sullyinatx]

Hey all. Getting my new MacBook Pro setup. Have both Workstation Pro on my Windows laptop and now Fusion Pro on my Mac. I'm a penetration tester so the VM in question is Kali Linux. I can Alt-Tab within the VM just fine (not even full screen) to switch between open applications within the VM. In Fusion Pro/on the Mac, however, it just brings opened apps on the host/in OS X. Is there a way to fix this?

Also, Cmd+D isn't bookmarking pages in Firefox (in the VM), whereas Ctrl+D works fine in Workstation Pro on Windows. I love the layout of Fusion Pro - just need to iron out these minor issues.e g

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Latest version of Fusion Pro, Mac up to date, Kali up to date.

[zhus]

Hi, sullyinatx

I don't have a Kali Linux VM, so I try it in Ubuntu VM in Fusion. Both Option(Alt)+Tab (switch between running apps) and Ctrl+D (bookmarking page) work well.

A little bit confused. If the Alt+Tab and Ctrl+D are the shortcuts, why you have to use Cmd+Tab and Cmd+D to do that? On MacBook Pro, it also has a Control key, and the Alt key should be the Option key.

[ColoradoMarmot · Accepted solution]

Try opt-tab instead of cmd-tab inside the VM to switch tasks.  For Firefox, try ctrl-D instead of cmd-d.

[sullyinatx]

You were correct. It was just my lack of knowledge of.... a little bit of everything lol. Not used to OS X quite yet, much less virtualization in Mac OS. Plus I was coming off a 12 hour study day for the certification I'm currently studying for. Thanks

[ColoradoMarmot]

No worries :-).  Fusion does a good job of mapping a lot of the keys, but there's a few that you have to go native for.