Fusion 11 / Auto Capture Of Mouse Not Working All The Time

[virtualmachin24]

Host: Mac OS 10.14.3

Guest: Windows 10

Non-Unity Mode

Problem:

Auto-Capture of mouse input. It just works from time to time, sometimes not at all.

If i hover over the window of the vm it shows the pointer with the pointed finger. If i then click in the VM the mouse is being tracked, but in the background the mouse on my mac is moving also. This is shown through the fact, that if i move the mouse fast and in circles the pointer from the host OS gets huge and is shown over the VM window. This is normal mac feature.

I can also move outside of the VM and suddenly track the host mouse again. I can slide in and out seamlessly, so to say, but i like to have the mouse captured and only be able to leave the capturing of the mouse if i use the Control + Command shortcut.

I tried several things, remove capturing, click into the VM again, remove VM Tools and the like, still the same result.

Couldn't find any options to force to use Control + Command instead of being able to switch seamlessly.

Sometimes it just works and i can not leave the VM with the mouse without the Control + Command shortcut.

It is really annoying. Does anyone have the same problem/a solution to that?

[wila · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Try setting the following the Fusion menu -> Preferences -> General tab page -> Gaming combobox -> change it to : "Always optimize mouse for games".

Hope this helps,

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Wil

[virtualmachin24]

You are a wizard, it works! Thanks a bunch!

[wila]

Nah, not a wizard, just a guy who spends too much time on working with VMware Fusion and hanging out at these forums.

You are most welcome!

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Wil