Hello,

I've been playing with arch linux for a few days in Virtualbox. I'm trying to set up my own DE using bspwm, tuning my config files and all of that to maybe take the step and finally dualbooting or maybe even installing Arch linux as my main OS.

The problem is I'm using the super key as the root to all my hotkeys in sxhkd, so for example when I press super + l to move my focus inside the vm, the host also captures it and locks the screen.

Is there a way to disable windows from capturing this hotkeys when I'm inside virtualbox?

Thanks in advance

maybe try to use keys simultaneously?

when I press winkey only it invokes menu in the host and client.
when I press winkey + l it locks client only in KDE (slackware), it invokes menu in MX Linux.

But it is NOT locking host

While you can separate mouse actions from host and client, you can't separate keyboard (as far as I know, maybe wrong though)
So you have three options:
1) press keys really simultaneously
2) re-map hot keys
3) uninstall VBoxAdditionsLinux from your guest (not needed for full screen client but you will loose copy/paste options and will have to replace vboxsf with samba or nfs setup)

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Hi, when I press both simultanously windows doesn't capture it, however, the guest machine doesn't either.

I didn't even install Guest Additions in this machine, so I don't think that's gonna help.

I think all that's left is to remap my hotkeys, I think the function key is pretty much free so it may be a nice replacement for the super key.

Edit: I just found out that the fn key isn't captured like a normal key, so I'm gonna have to stick to the super key, because any other key feels too awkward.

In the Virtualbox window, above the vm, click Input, Keyboard settings and make sure Auto capture keyboard is checked.
To use super (windows) key, for example to open a terminal in bspwm, press left control key (L-Ctrl), press super key and while keeping it pressed, release L-Ctrl, now press Enter.
To change to another workspace: press L-Ctrl, then press the key for that workspace, and while keeping it pressed, release L-Ctrl and press super.
Hope this help.