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
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Action
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Ctrl-B
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Power on.
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Ctrl-E
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Power off.
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Ctrl-R
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Reset the power.
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Ctrl-Z
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Suspend.
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Ctrl-N
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Create a new virtual machine.
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Ctrl-O
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Open a virtual machine.
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Ctrl-F4
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Close the current virtual machine.
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Ctrl-D
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Edit the virtual machine's configuration.
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Ctrl-G
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Grab input from keyboard and mouse.
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Ctrl-P
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Edit preferences.
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Ctrl-Alt-Enter
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Go to full screen mode.
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Ctrl-Alt
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Return to normal (windowed) mode.
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Ctrl-Alt-Tab
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Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are
grabbed.
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Ctrl-Tab
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Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are not
grabbed. VMware Workstation must be the active application.
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Ctrl-Shift-Tab
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Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are not
grabbed. VMware Workstation must be the active application.
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Ctrl-Alt-Fx
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Linux hosts: 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 Workstation title
bar when that virtual machine is active and in normal (windowed) mode.
Windows hosts: For similar functionality, see Using Full Screen Switch Mode.
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