VZVirtualMachineView and rightMouseDown

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Hi, I am displaying the running linux ubuntu VM in VzVirtualMachineView. I wouldl like to simulate right click by calling vZVirtualMachineView.rightMouseDown to trigger right click on the guest. I tried it and it does not work. For mac os guests it is working. For linux guests it is not working

Any help would be appreciated to fix the issue.

Answered by rbmanian75 in 888358022

Apple asked me to use cgevent like this


guard let cgEvent = CGEvent(mouseEventSource: nil, mouseType: .rightMouseDown, mouseCursorPosition: cgPoint, mouseButton: .right) else {
        return
    }

    // Create the synthetic NSEvent from the CGEvent.
    guard let event = NSEvent(cgEvent: cgEvent) else {
        return
    }

    virtualMachineView.rightMouseDown(with: event)

Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

4w

For mac os guests it is working. For linux guests it is not working

We kinda expect that macOS and Linux would behave the same in this regard, so I’m gonna recommend that you start out by filing a bug about this.

Please post your bug number, just for the record.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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Answer 2

rbmanian75 OP

4w

Here is the bug number FB22727902

Answer 3

rbmanian75 OP

3w

Apple provided solution to this problme via feedback assistant and it worked like a charm.

Answer 4

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

2w

Would you care to share the explanation? I’m sure other developers would be interested in your experience.

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—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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Answer 5

rbmanian75 OP

2w

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Apple asked me to use cgevent like this


guard let cgEvent = CGEvent(mouseEventSource: nil, mouseType: .rightMouseDown, mouseCursorPosition: cgPoint, mouseButton: .right) else {
        return
    }

    // Create the synthetic NSEvent from the CGEvent.
    guard let event = NSEvent(cgEvent: cgEvent) else {
        return
    }

    virtualMachineView.rightMouseDown(with: event)