By default, the keyboard shortcut to release the mouse cursor from the guest OS and return it to the host is .
They wiggled the mouse frantically. The crosshair danced across the VM’s desktop but refused to cross the invisible border. Alt+Tab? No. Ctrl+Alt? Nothing. The keyboard was also a prisoner now, every keystroke feeding the hungry terminal inside the VM. vmware workstation release mouse
If you are in full-screen mode, use Ctrl + Alt + Enter to return to windowed mode and release the mouse simultaneously. Customizing the Release Shortcut By default, the keyboard shortcut to release the