Symptoms
- Your wired or wireless keyboard does not work in a Virtual Machine
- Hot keys, key combinations, shortcuts do not work
- You are unable to type specific characters like @ ~ $
- Keyboard layouts issue
Resolution
- If you have a shortcut issue, hot key or key combinations issue please check Shortcuts issues troubleshooting part of this article.
- If you are unable to type specific characters, please check Specific and National characters troubleshooting part of this article.
- If you have a keyboard layout issue, please check Keyboard layouts issue part of this article.
or
- Select Virtual Machine, click Configure.
- Click on the Hardware Tab and select Mouse and Keyboard.
- For the options "Mouse" and "Keyboard" select "Optimize for games" from each of their drop-down options.
- See if it will resolve the concern.
Shortcuts issues troubleshooting
111877 - CTRL + Arrow Functionality Lost
5020 - F9-F12 function keys do not work as expected in Virtual Machine
Specific and National characters troubleshooting
5965 - Keyboard mapping for national-specific layouts
113652 - Unable to use Num Lock in Windows Virtual Machine
Keyboard layouts issue
113706 - How to switch to my Mac keyboard layout in Windows virtual machine?
111674 - Keyboard layouts in Parallels Desktop.
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