The following list shows the primary improvements to the user interface in this release:
Usability and accessibility improvements, as follows:
New icons give a fresh look to the product.
Some screens have been redesigned to provide easy access to VM settings and global preferences.
The number of popup dialogs has been reduced.
Support for HiDPI host devices has been improved.
Improved support for screen readers.
The Guest Control File Manager enables easy transfer of files between the guest and host. See Section 1.9, “Guest Control File Manager”.
The Video Capture tab has been renamed to be the Recording tab.
Use the Recording tab to enable audio recording, video recording, or both.
The Screen tab has been updated as follows:
Scale factors for multiple monitor displays can be configured.
A global preferences setting enables you to configure a default scale factor for all VMs.
You can specify the following graphics controllers for a guest VM. Note that you must install the Guest Additions on the guest VM to specify the VBoxSVGA or VMSVGA graphics controller.
VBoxSVGA: The default graphics controller for new VMs that use Linux or Windows 7 or later.
This graphics controller improves performance and 3D support when compared to the legacy VBoxVGA option.
VBoxVGA: Use this graphics controller for legacy guest operating systems.
This is the default graphics controller for Windows versions before Windows 7.
VMSVGA: Use this graphics controller to emulate a VMware SVGA graphics device.
The Input, Keyboard menu on a guest VM now includes an option to enter the host key combination.
The Add button in the Virtual Media Manager enables you to add a disk image to the known media registry used by Oracle VM VirtualBox.
The Log Viewer has improved searching and filtering capabilities. A new feature enables you to bookmark individual lines or blocks of text.
The Devices menu in a guest VM now includes an option to create a virtual ISO (VISO).