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2<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vm-status-bar">
4 <title>Virtual Machine Status Bar</title>
5 <!-- 7.1: Processor icon updated -->
6 <body>
7 <p>A status bar is displayed at the bottom of the virtual machine window. The status bar contains icons that enable
8 you to view and change settings for the virtual machine, as follows: </p>
9 <ul>
10 <li><p>Highlight an icon to show details of the current settings.</p></li>
11 <li><p>Right-click an icon to change a setting.</p>
12 <p>Some settings, such as audio, can be changed directly by right-clicking the status bar icon. For other
13 settings, you select from the displayed menu options.</p>
14 </li>
15 </ul>
16
17 <p>See <xref href="BasicConcepts.dita#BasicConcepts"/> for detailed information about the available virtual
18 machine settings.</p>
19
20 <p><xref href="#vm-status-bar/table-status-bar-icons"/> describes the icons on the status bar.</p>
21
22 <table id="table-status-bar-icons">
23 <title>Virtual Machine Status Bar Icons</title>
24 <desc>Describes icons on the status bar located at the bottom of the virtual machine window</desc>
25 <tgroup cols="2">
26 <thead>
27 <row>
28 <entry>
29 <p>
30 <b>Icon</b>
31 </p>
32 </entry>
33 <entry>
34 <p>
35 <b>Description</b>
36 </p>
37 </entry>
38 </row>
39 </thead>
40 <tbody>
41 <row>
42 <entry>
43 <p>
44 <xref href="images/icon_sata.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
45 <image href="images/icon_sata.png" placement="break" align="center">
46 <alt>SATA device settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
47 </image>
48 </xref>
49 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_sata.png" placement="break" align="center">
50 <alt>SATA device settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
51 </image>
52 </p>
53 </entry>
54 <entry>
55 <p><b>Storage (SATA)</b></p>
56 <p>Settings for attached SATA storage devices, such as hard disk drives.</p>
57 <p>See also <xref href="settings-storage.dita#settings-storage"/>.</p>
58
59 </entry>
60 </row>
61 <row>
62 <entry>
63 <p>
64 <xref href="images/icon_ide.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
65 <image href="images/icon_ide.png" placement="break" align="center">
66 <alt>IDE device settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
67 </image>
68 </xref>
69 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_ide.png" placement="break" align="center">
70 <alt>IDE device settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
71 </image>
72 </p>
73 </entry>
74 <entry>
75 <p><b>Storage (IDE)</b></p>
76 <p>Settings for attached IDE storage devices, such as optical CD-ROM drives.</p>
77 <p>See also <xref href="settings-storage.dita#settings-storage"/>.</p>
78 <p>Right-click to show options for adding and removing IDE devices.</p>
79 <p>See also <xref href="intro-removable-media-changing.dita#intro-removable-media-changing"/>.</p>
80 </entry>
81 </row>
82 <row>
83 <entry>
84 <p>
85 <xref href="images/icon_audio.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
86 <image href="images/icon_audio.png" placement="break" align="center">
87 <alt>Audio settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
88 </image>
89 </xref>
90 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_audio.png" placement="break" align="center">
91 <alt>Audio settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
92 </image>
93 </p>
94 </entry>
95 <entry>
96 <p><b>Audio</b></p>
97 <p>Settings for audio output and audio input.</p>
98 <p>Right-click to change a setting. The status bar icon is updated automatically to show
99 which settings are enabled.</p>
100 <p>See also <xref href="settings-audio.dita#settings-audio"/>.</p>
101 </entry>
102 </row>
103 <row>
104 <entry>
105 <p>
106 <xref href="images/icon_network.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
107 <image href="images/icon_network.png" placement="break" align="center">
108 <alt>Network settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
109 </image>
110 </xref>
111 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_network.png" placement="break" align="center">
112 <alt>Network settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
113 </image>
114 </p>
115 </entry>
116 <entry>
117 <p><b>Network</b></p>
118 <p>Settings for attached network adapters.</p>
119 <p>Right-click to connect or disconnect a network adapter.</p>
120 <p>See also <xref href="settings-network.dita#settings-network"/>.</p>
121 </entry>
122 </row>
123 <row>
124 <entry>
125 <p>
126 <xref href="images/icon_usb.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
127 <image href="images/icon_usb.png" placement="break" align="center">
128 <alt>USB settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
129 </image>
130 </xref>
131 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_usb.png" placement="break" align="center">
132 <alt>USB settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
133 </image>
134 </p>
135 </entry>
136 <entry>
137 <p><b>USB</b></p>
138 <p>Settings for attached USB devices.</p>
139 <p>Right-click to select from the available USB devices on the host and
140 to specify a USB filter.</p>
141 <p>See also <xref href="settings-usb.dita#settings-usb"/>.</p>
142 </entry>
143 </row>
144 <row>
145 <entry>
146 <p>
147 <xref href="images/icon_shared_folder.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
148 <image href="images/icon_shared_folder.png" placement="break" align="center">
149 <alt>Shared folders settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
150 </image>
151 </xref>
152 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_shared_folder.png" placement="break" align="center">
153 <alt>Shared folders settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
154 </image>
155 </p>
156 </entry>
157 <entry>
158 <p><b>Shared Folders</b></p>
159 <p>Settings for shared folders.</p>
160 <p>Right-click to change shared folder settings or to add a new
161 shared folder.</p>
162 <p>See also <xref href="shared-folders.dita#shared-folders"/>.</p>
163 </entry>
164 </row>
165 <row>
166 <entry>
167 <p>
168 <xref href="images/icon_display.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
169 <image href="images/icon_display.png" placement="break" align="center">
170 <alt>Display settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
171 </image>
172 </xref>
173 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_display.png" placement="break" align="center">
174 <alt>Display settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
175 </image>
176 </p>
177 </entry>
178 <entry>
179 <p><b>Display</b></p>
180 <p>Settings for the virtual machine display.</p>
181 <p>Right-click to show options for resizing and scaling the display.</p>
182 <p>See also <xref href="intro-resize-window.dita#intro-resize-window"/>.</p>
183 </entry>
184 </row>
185 <row>
186 <entry>
187 <p>
188 <xref href="images/icon_recording.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
189 <image href="images/icon_recording.png" placement="break" align="center">
190 <alt>Recording settings icon on the virtual machine status bar. Recording is disabled.</alt>
191 </image>
192 </xref>
193 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_recording.png" placement="break" align="center">
194 <alt>Recording settings icon on the virtual machine status bar. Recording is disabled.</alt>
195 </image>
196 </p>
197 </entry>
198 <entry>
199 <p><b>Recording</b></p>
200 <p>Settings for video and audio recording.</p>
201 <p>Right-click to show options to enable and disable recording, or to change recording
202 settings.</p>
203 <p>To enable recording, right-click the status bar icon and select the
204 <b>Recording</b> option. The icon changes to show a movie reel animation, as
205 follows:</p>
206 <p>
207 <xref href="images/icon_recording_enabled.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
208 <image href="images/icon_recording_enabled.png" placement="break" align="center">
209 <alt>Recording settings icon on the virtual machine status bar. Recording is enabled.</alt>
210 </image>
211 </xref>
212 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_recording_enabled.png" align="center" placement="break">
213 <alt>Recording settings icon on the virtual machine status bar. Recording is enabled.</alt>
214 </image>
215 </p>
216 <p>To disable recording, right-click the status bar icon and deselect the
217 <b>Recording</b> option. The icon changes back to the default image.</p>
218 <p>See also <xref href="settings-capture.dita#settings-capture"/>.</p>
219 </entry>
220 </row>
221 <row>
222 <entry>
223 <p>
224 <xref href="images/icon_cpu_activity.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
225 <image href="images/icon_cpu_activity.png" placement="break" align="center">
226 <alt>Processor settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
227 </image>
228 </xref>
229 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_cpu_activity.png" placement="break" align="center">
230 <alt>Processor settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
231 </image>
232 </p>
233 </entry>
234 <entry>
235 <p><b>Processor</b></p>
236 <p>Settings for the CPU used by the virtual machine.</p>
237 <p>The colored bar in the icon indicates current processor activity. Red indicates
238 high CPU usage, Green indicates low CPU usage.</p>
239 <p>A green turtle icon indicates that a native hypervisor, such as Hyper-V, is running on the host.</p>
240 <p>
241 <xref href="images/icon_turtle.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
242 <image href="images/icon_turtle.png" placement="break" align="center">
243 <alt>Turtle icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
244 </image>
245 </xref>
246 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_turtle.png" align="center" placement="break">
247 <alt>Turtle icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
248 </image>
249 </p>
250
251 <p>See also <xref href="settings-processor.dita#settings-processor"/>.</p>
252 </entry>
253 </row>
254 <row>
255 <entry>
256 <p>
257 <xref href="images/icon_mouse_integration.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
258 <image href="images/icon_mouse_integration.png" placement="break" align="center">
259 <alt>Mouse integration icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
260 </image>
261 </xref>
262 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_mouse_integration.png" placement="break" align="center">
263 <alt>Mouse integration icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
264 </image>
265 </p>
266 </entry>
267 <entry>
268 <p><b>Mouse Integration</b></p>
269 <p>Settings for capturing the host mouse pointer.</p>
270 <p>Right-click to enable or disable mouse integration.</p>
271 <p>See also <xref href="keyb_mouse_normal.dita#keyb_mouse_normal"/>.</p>
272 </entry>
273 </row>
274 <row>
275 <entry>
276 <p>
277 <xref href="images/icon_host_key.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
278 <image href="images/icon_host_key.png" placement="break" align="center">
279 <alt>Host key icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
280 </image>
281 </xref>
282 <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_host_key.png" placement="break" align="center">
283 <alt>Host key icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
284 </image>
285 </p>
286 </entry>
287 <entry>
288 <p><b>Host Key</b></p>
289 <p>Settings for capturing the host keyboard.</p>
290 <p>The current host key setting is displayed to the right of the icon.</p>
291 <p>Right-click to show options for configuring the host key combination and other
292 keyboard shortcuts.</p>
293 <p>Right-click to insert a special key combination, such as Ctrl-Alt-Del.</p>
294 <p>See also <xref href="specialcharacters.dita#specialcharacters"/>.</p>
295 </entry>
296 </row>
297 </tbody>
298 </tgroup>
299 </table>
300 <section id="vm-status-bar-configure">
301 <title>Configuring the Status Bar</title>
302 <p>You can configure the status bar as follows:</p>
303 <ul>
304 <li>
305 <p>To <b>hide</b> the status bar, right-click in the status bar area and deselect <b>Show Status Bar</b>.</p>
306 </li>
307 <li>
308 <p>To <b>show</b> the status bar, select <b>View</b>, <b>Status Bar</b>, <b>Show Status Bar</b> from the
309 virtual machine's menu bar.</p>
310 </li>
311 <li>
312 <p>To <b>modify</b> the status bar contents, right-click in the status bar area and select
313 <b>Status Bar Settings</b>. You can then do the following:</p>
314 <ul>
315 <li><p>Select icons that you want to include in the status bar.</p></li>
316 <li><p>Deselect icons that you want to remove from the status bar.</p></li>
317 <li><p>Drag and drop icons to change their order in the status bar.</p></li>
318 </ul>
319 <p>Click the check mark button to save your changes to the status bar.</p>
320 <p>See also <xref href="user-interface.dita#user-interface"/> for other options to change the status bar.</p>
321 </li>
322 </ul>
323
324 </section>
325
326
327
328 </body>
329
330</topic>
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