Any way to release focus on a KVM guest in virt-manager without having to click Ctrl_L + Alt_L?

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Published on 2012-12-12T22:20:00Z Indexed on 2012/12/12 23:05 UTC
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Is there a way to move my mouse in and out of a KVM guest in virt-manager without having to click to gain focus of the window and release focus by pressing Ctrl_L + Alt_L?

EDIT #1

The guest VM is Win2008R2. I've tried this on a CentOS 5, 6, and Fedora 14 box running various versions of virt-manager and KVM and they all exhibit this behavior.

EDIT #2

I just tried the solution recommended by @tpow and that appears to be the issue. Manually adding a tablet input device resolves the problem and I can now move the mouse in and out of the KVM guest without having to gain focus first.

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