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# VZVirtualMachineView

A view that allows user interaction with a VM.

```
class VZVirtualMachineView
```

## Overview

The `VZVirtualMachineView` is a UI element that shows the contents of the VM frame buffer that you can optionally configure to respond to changes in the host’s display settings. If the VM configuration includes a keyboard and a pointing device, the view forwards keyboard and mouse events to the VM through those devices.

For a <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/Sendable> wrapper that connects a virtual machine view to a virtual machine, see [`VZVirtualMachineViewAdaptor`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineViewAdaptor).

## Topics

### Configuring a view adaptor

[`adaptor`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineView/adaptor)

The virtual machine view adaptor.

### Configuring the VM

[`automaticallyReconfiguresDisplay`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineView/automaticallyReconfiguresDisplay)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the graphics display associated with this view automatically reconfigures with respect to view changes.

[`capturesSystemKeys`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineView/capturesSystemKeys)

A Boolean value that determines whether the system should send certain system keyboard shortcuts to the guest instead of the host.

[`virtualMachine`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineView/virtualMachine)

The VM to display in the view.


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