Using Keyboard Shortcuts

If you prefer to work from the keyboard as much as possible, you may find the following keyboard shortcuts handy. If you have changed the Preferences setting for the hot-key combination, substitute your new setting for Ctrl-Alt as needed in the shortcuts listed here.


Shortcut	Action
Ctrl-B	Power on.
Ctrl-E	Power off.
Ctrl-R	Reset the power.
Ctrl-Z	Suspend.
Ctrl-N	Create a new virtual machine.
Ctrl-O	Open a virtual machine.
Ctrl-F4	Close the current virtual machine.
Ctrl-D	Edit the virtual machine's configuration.
Ctrl-G	Grab input from the keyboard and mouse.
Ctrl-P	Edit preferences. See Setting User Preferences for the VMware GSX Server Host.
Ctrl-Alt-Enter	Go to full screen mode.
Ctrl-Alt	Return to normal (windowed) mode.
Ctrl-Alt-Tab	Switch among open virtual machines while the mouse and keyboard input are grabbed.
Ctrl-Tab	Switch among open virtual machines while the mouse and keyboard input are not grabbed. VMware GSX Server must be the active application.
Ctrl-Shift-Tab	Switch among open virtual machines while the mouse and keyboard input are not grabbed. VMware GSX Server must be the active application.
Ctrl-Alt-Fx	Switch among open virtual machines while using full screen mode. Fx is a function key corresponding to the virtual machine you want to use. The key combination to use for a virtual machine is shown in the VMware GSX Server title bar when that virtual machine is active and in normal (windowed) mode.