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# Keyboards and pointing devices

Configure devices that connect a mouse and keyboard to the guest system.

## Discussion

Configure a keyboard and a pointing device to allow people to interact with macOS or Linux VMs.

## Topics

### Keyboards

[`VZKeyboardConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZKeyboardConfiguration)

The base class for a configuring a keyboard.

[`VZMacKeyboardConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZMacKeyboardConfiguration)

A device that defines the configuration for a Mac keyboard.

[`VZUSBKeyboardConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZUSBKeyboardConfiguration)

A device that defines the configuration for a USB keyboard.

### Pointing devices

[`VZMacTrackpadConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZMacTrackpadConfiguration)

The class that represents the configuration for a Mac trackpad.

[`VZUSBScreenCoordinatePointingDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZUSBScreenCoordinatePointingDeviceConfiguration)

An object that defines the configuration for a USB pointing device that reports absolute coordinates.

[`VZPointingDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZPointingDeviceConfiguration)

The base class for a pointing device configuration.


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