Virtualbox Ubuntu switching to virtual terminal problem

Question

I am running Ubuntu within Ubuntu using VirtualBox. I want to switch to virtual terminal on guest system. When I press Ctrl+Alt+F4 within guest system, host system switches to virtual terminal instead of guest system. Although, lock screen (Ctrl+Alt+L) working as expected within guest system.

My question is, is there a way to make my guest system to switch virtual terminal.

VirtualBox version is 5.2 and both guest and host machines are running Ubuntu 16.04.

I can't find the relevant shortcut in the keyboard shortcut settings. How do I assign? — Görkem Mülayim, Nov 07 '17 at 13:12
https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/keyboard-shortcuts-set.html — lewis4u, Nov 07 '17 at 13:13
The link you gave doesn't contain any information about virtual terminal. — Görkem Mülayim, Nov 07 '17 at 13:19
After Takkat's answer, I have found out that similar question has been asked before and already has an answer. Possible duplicate of Send Ctrl+Alt+F1, Crtl+Alt+F7 into VirtualBox — Görkem Mülayim, Nov 08 '17 at 08:46

Takkat · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-07T14:16:48.283

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In VirtualBox we can switch to a TTY in virtual Ubuntu with

HostF1 ... HostF7

whereHost ist the host key as was defined in the VirtualBox general settings (usually right Ctrl)

edited Nov 07 '17 at 14:16

answered Nov 07 '17 at 14:05

Takkat

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