86box release mouse This release also brings a major change to the Windows version: it now uses the same Qt user interface as the Linux and (future - don’t worry, we’re Now you can use the mouse inside the emulated machine - if the software and hardware configuration supports it, of course. The mouse cursor moves very slowly within the emulated system, and the emulated system becomes. So it would be great if it could be changed via command line args or config file settings. Oct 18, 2019 · Now you can use the mouse inside the emulated machine (if the software and hardware configuration supports it of course). If the mouse driver handles the middle button, it is impossible to leave the VM window except than by Ctrl+Alt+Del. 4 from GitHub. Jun 2, 2014 · Smooth mouse in 86box. Also, I can't drag the widow around the screen (on the mac). Input devices The Input devices page contains settings related to the emulated machine’s mouse, joysticks and other input devices. Auto-pause on focus loss: automatically pause emulation while the 86Box window is not focused. #223 See the release announcement for more information! What's Changed Microtouch: Simplify mouse button and calibration checks by @mourix in #4656 Microtouch: add option to turn off visible mouse crosshair by @mourix in #4657 Miscellaneous UI fixes by @lemondrops in #4666 Microtouch: add controller type selection and start adding legacy modes for them by @mourix in #4668 Microtouch: serial fixes Keyboard requires capture: require the mouse to be captured for keypresses to be forwarded to the emulated machine. F8 F12 Ctrl End To release the mouse, press + simultaneously (on Windows) or + (on Linux). AppImage from a different working directory, which also does not require copying roms/ over. Dec 8, 2021 · I noticed something that happened many times, always at the same critical moment. IMPORTANT UPDATE #2: Still on Linux, 86Box v3. Toolbar The toolbar located at the top of the 86Box window (right below the menu bar) has two purposes: it provides quick actions for the emulated machine on its left hand side, and displays status information on its right hand side. CtrlEnd To release the mouse, press + simultaneously. Version 5. The mouse input lag in 86Box seems to be much w Feb 21, 2024 · This release also brings several PCI network cards from Digital Equipment Corporation, collectively known as the DEC Tulip family: the 21040, 21140 and 21143, also based on QEMU code. the 86Box cannot recapture the mouse and keyboard by clicking in the 86Box Feb 16, 2022 · Running the 86Box . To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: Click in the win Aug 26, 2023 · It’s certainly been a while since our last update. Jun 25, 2024 · Hi, how can I release the mouse pointer (CTRL+END) with the Macbook Pro keyboard? The emulator suggests pressing CTRL+END, but what key is END and how do I get this combination? Can it be customized? In recent builds, F8+F12 no longer releases the mouse. when I tried from the Menu to change ISO file in the virtual CDROM device, after the mouse is released from capturing with middle click. Only the F8+F12 combination correctly releases mouse capture. Quote Post by Visual917 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:50 am After you install VirtualBox Guest Addons or VMWare Tools in those programs, mouse gets smoother. Feb 19, 2022 · Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. F8+F12 is slightly more difficult to execute compared to Ctrl+End. You can also use the middle mouse button for this if the emulated mouse only has two buttons. 3 March 18, 2022 - written by richardg867 This is the March 2022 update to 86Box, bringing overall bugfixes and some new hardware. 4 April 20, 2022 - written by richardg867 This is the April 2022 update to 86Box, bringing macOS support, bugfixes and other behind-the-scenes work. The removal of 32-bit builds and the release of a new Patreon feature preview, both outlined in the v4. To release the mouse, press F8 and F12 simultaneously. Dec 23, 2017 · In fact you can capture and "release" the cursor, BUT released cursor movement will be locked in the upper left corner area size of which depends on 86Box window resolution. Is there a way around this? 在86Box虚拟机的近期版本更新中，关于鼠标释放功能的操作方式发生了一项重要变更。本文将详细介绍这一变更的技术背景、影响范围以及用户应对方案。 ## 功能变更详情 传统上，86Box虚拟机用户可以通过F8+F12组合键来释放被虚拟机捕获的鼠标光标。但在较新版本（如6989及之后）中，这一默认快捷 Before you comment about using a PS/2 mouse yes that would work but another user commented on a different post of mine that the PS/2 mouse might of been the cause of my random input drop-outs and using a COM Port / Serial mouse would solve it. . Mouse Emulate a pointing device. When I started 86Box 3. Emulator of x86-based machines. Oct 12, 2023 · The mouse input lag in 86Box seems to be much worse than it is in PCem. The I/O port and IRQ used by the card are configurable. 86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus. 86Box now provides the first ever functional emulation of these cards. Feb 12, 2022 · Describe the bug After captureing and releasing the host mouse cursor a few times, the emulated mouse desyncs and starts behaving erratically. Scroll wheel button works fine to release the mouse in 86box. The 21040 is a 10 Mbit controller, while the 211xx models are 100 Mbit capable. As always, you can download 86Box v3. We have some exciting new features currently being worked on for future updates, and from now on, we’ll be sharing work-in-progress builds of new features with our Patreon supporters, with no impact to our regular release Jan 15, 2021 · Hello, I have a MS-DOS 3. 86Box v4. Jan 7, 2022 · As of 86Box v5. To release the mouse, press Ctrl + End simultaneously. Feb 16, 2022 · Describe the bug When capturing the mouse pointer, the emulated system speed drops from 100% to 0-10%. Hi, I wish CTRL+END is brought back to release the captured mouse. Releasing capture with the middle mouse button is still an option where available. Does it with DOS mouse drivers and in Windows 95/98. Mar 15, 2024 · I am using 86Box on my Mac, and the key combination to free the mouse is not favourable on a Laptop keyboard. However, I'm using Windows 95 on 86box and the mouse is really hard to control and it is not smooth. 1 build 6130 and the latest nightly build 6841 (old compiler), the mouse release by the middle button does not work. I'm actually not sure if this is necessarily even the problem, but, so far, I've,Installed Windows 98 Installed the drivers for both the graphics card, sound card, extra graphics card, and the chipset When I go to click to capture the mouse, the upper right changes to inform me how to release the mouse but it doesn't actually capture the mouse, and the mouse never moves, and I have absolutely Input devices The Input devices page contains settings related to the emulated machine’s mouse, joysticks and other input devices. Mar 18, 2022 · Release for March 2022, unifying user interfaces. Currently, pressing the two together in the keybind mapper only registers one of the keys, meaning that only F8 or F12 can be done by themselves but not both as a combo. Step 7: What now? Apr 20, 2022 · 86Box v3. By removing these legacy options, we can better focus on maintaining the dynamic recompiler and other architecture-specific portions of our code for the architectures that matter, which are currently x64 and ARM64. 7. We have some exciting new features currently being worked on for future updates, and from now on, we’ll be sharing work-in-progress builds of new features with our Patreon supporters, with no impact to our regular release Aug 26, 2023 · It’s certainly been a while since our last update. The following mouse types are supported: Bus mouse: ISA expansion card with a mouse interface. The Aug 24, 2025 · Mouse release shortcut The key combination for releasing mouse capture is now Ctrl+End on all host operating systems, as the previous F8+F12 used on Windows hosts was found to have application compatibility issues. Apr 21, 2022 · Describe the bug When emulating a 2-button mouse, the middle-click button does not release the mouse cursor from the emulated machine. Aug 24, 2025 · Important changes Mouse release shortcut The key combination for releasing mouse capture is now Ctrl+End on all host operating systems, as the previous F8+F12 used on Windows hosts was found to have application compatibility issues. 2 release. Dec 14, 2017 · Host mouse cursor may stay 'locked' into the 86box window after exiting from fullscreen mode, clicking middle mouse button or pressing F12-F8 does not help. Contribute to 86Box/86Box development by creating an account on GitHub. I played with that a bit and it seems if I set my mouse to highest DPI (7000) and tweak that slider down just right, it somehow greatly reduces the sense of delay and acceleration, but still severe in FPS games. 1). 0 brings a new integrated machine manager, which they said is one of the most requested additions of all time for the project. 0, the key combination to release mouse capture is the same Ctrl+End as PCem on all host operating systems; previous 86Box versions used F8+F12 on Windows hosts. 11 from GitHub. But I can't seem to figure out how to get a Serial mouse working in 86box for DOS or Win98 ? See the release announcement for more information! What's Changed Microtouch: Simplify mouse button and calibration checks by @mourix in #4656 Microtouch: add option to turn off visible mouse crosshair by @mourix in #4657 Miscellaneous UI fixes by @lemondrops in #4666 Microtouch: add controller type selection and start adding legacy modes for them by @mourix in #4668 Microtouch: serial fixes Aug 29, 2021 · Letting the user choose a hotkey combo is probably the best available solution for every use case the 86box users from different platforms have. Keyboard Select the keyboard type to emulate. Update mouse every CPU frame: force the emulated mouse to send movements as fast as possible, ignoring any polling rate set by the emulated operating system. This caused my mouse to be captured, I didn't know how to release t Oct 12, 2023 · What happened? Hello, I have used 86Box and PCem for quite some time now and there seems to be an issue with 86Box. Jul 26, 2024 · 32-bit deprecation notice v4. Oct 26, 2025 · 86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus. This box only lists keyboards supported by the machine. 2. 5 from GitHub. 1 (link above, changelog below) should fix the issue with mouse capture dropping the emulation speed down to 0%. 2 post, are still on track for the next full release. Apr 20, 2022 · 86Box v3. Enabling this option allows the use of keyboard combinations (such as Alt+Tab) on the host system while 86Box is focused. 30 running with the following settings (please see the pictures below). Current standard on macs opens the windows 9x start menu every time I attempt it. Serial mouse: connected to the serial port of your choosing. Press again to resume emulation. Feb 21, 2024 · This release also brings several PCI network cards from Digital Equipment Corporation, collectively known as the DEC Tulip family: the 21040, 21140 and 21143, also based on QEMU code. Step 7: What now? In 86Box, under Tools -> Preferences, I discovered a mouse sensitivity option. I've tried pretty much anything you cold think of: -all versions of 86Box, including the latest builds (both 32-Nit and 64-Bit -different host pcs -different host pc mice -different emulated mice in 86Box (serial, PS/2) -different operating systems in 86Box Now you can use the mouse inside the emulated machine - if the software and hardware configuration supports it, of course. 86Box v3. Feb 16, 2022 · Running the 86Box . Step 7: What now? Sep 1, 2024 · Release for September 2024. 2 is the final release of 86Box for which 32-bit builds will be provided, for 32-bit x86 on Windows and Linux as well as ARM32 on Linux. PS/2 mouse Mar 9, 2022 · Press Ctrl+Fn+→ (for Ctrl+End) to release the mouse; nothing happens I've found that this key combo is the only workable way to release the mouse on MacOS (86Box 3. This release also brings a major change to the Windows version: it now uses the same Qt user interface as the Linux and (future - don’t worry, we’re Sep 1, 2024 · Release for September 2024. Pause/resume execution Pause emulation of the machine. Jun 29, 2025 · I'm in the minority that would still like F8+F12 as a keybind to release the mouse to be an option. V Many people are led to believe that MS-DOS does not support mice due to crucial operations usually being performed using a keyboard; however, mouse drivers exist for MS-DOS (and are useful in Absolute mouse input on X11 Linux hosts, which is used when running 86Box through a virtual machine or VNC, was also fixed. The Mach8 and Mach32 were clones of the IBM 8514/A video accelerator which helped ATI gain market momentum in the early 1990s. 1 September 1, 2024 - written by richardg867 This is the September 2024 update to 86Box, bringing in the results of a month-long bugfix marathon started right after the original v4. 5 May 23, 2022 - written by richardg867 This is the May 2022 update to 86Box, bringing bugfixes as well as the long-awaited native Apple Silicon support for macOS thanks to a very generous hardware contribution to our project. And besides it's much easier to have CTRL+ALT+PgUP/DOWN and CTR Aug 24, 2025 · Important changes Mouse release shortcut The key combination for releasing mouse capture is now Ctrl+End on all host operating systems, as the previous F8+F12 used on Windows hosts was found to have application compatibility issues. 3 from GitHub. You can alternatively press Ctrl + Alt + F1 (customizable) to pause or The only way to get out of qemu and release the mouse is to use command-alt on the mac which is problematic because it causes the menu to pop up in the VM. Nov 26, 2022 · This is the November 2022 update to 86Box, bringing folder mounting through CD-ROMs, new hardware, bugfixes across the board, and big improvements to network emulation truly making this the 86Box for Workgroups release. Needless to say, despite the bumpy ride to this release, we’re still alive and working on making 86Box great. Now you can use the mouse inside the emulated machine - if the software and hardware configuration supports it, of course. 1 on Linux, I clicked on the main window. The Configure button opens a new window with settings specific to the selected keyboard type, such as the number of keys. May 23, 2022 · 86Box v3. In both the release 4. Not many people seem to talk about it but it's something I really notice. Aug 25, 2025 · 86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software, with a big new release out to make managing multiple systems easier.