Opened 16 years ago
Last modified 15 years ago
#3045 new enhancement
Feature Request: Control HOST os resolution in fullscreen mode (for res switching)
Reported by: | hyakki | Owned by: | |
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Component: | host support | Version: | VirtualBox 2.1.0 |
Keywords: | video, strech, fullscreen, resolution | Cc: | |
Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Id like to see a feature that allows virtual box to control the physical monitor on resolution switching
for example
you launch gameA.exe and it needs to run in fullscreen 800x600 on the GUEST os but the HOST os is 1600x1600 (right now it just shows as a little square in the middle of the screen with big borders), it would be really nice if VirtualBox could change the HOST display to the required resolution the guest os is at. (this would probably be needed for windows only and when in fullscreen mode, i think X11 doesn't change res's as much)
so far other software such as microsoft virtual pc 2007 (in their options it has a pulldown that says "use guest os resolution", "use host's resolution" ..etc)
vmware , and parallels has a option, VirtualBox is such great software this feature missing is a giant let down for me, it has speed, hardware support, lightweight, it just cant control the host's resolution. :\
dont confuse this with ctrl+g (since that just ups the virtualbox to the host's current resolution (what i need is the host's resolution to match the currnet guest os resolution so basically its reversed ;) )
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
priority: | blocker → major |
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Summary: | Control HOST os resolution in fullscreen mode (for res switching) → Feature Request: Control HOST os resolution in fullscreen mode (for res switching) |
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
yea miss-selected the option, i hope we can see this feature in the next release!!
Agreed that it's nice to have, but it's certainly not a blocker.