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Is there any way to have a guest machine have a huge resolution (like 3000x2000 or something) in VirtualBox? I'd like to be able to move around the desktop by scrolling around. It seems like it would be possible. Most importantly, I don't want the windows that are not currently being shown in the guest machine to think they are being hidden. I just want to support a very large virtual desktop.

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It probably is; it's been possible on real machines for quite a while--but personally I think it's a complete load of crap and a terrible feature. Can I ask why you think it would be so nice? – Yoooder Aug 13 at 2:42

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Yes it's possible. My old machine was only capable of 1024x768 as it was a 15" LCD. Fedora worked fine on max resolution under VirtualBox (much higher than 1024x768), albeit I had to scroll the window over a lot to view things.

I would think this has to do with VirtualBox somewhat emulating a graphics adapter using your existing video memory. You will see the adapter labeled "VirtualBox graphics adapter".

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where can i change the resolution past my screen's resolution? the guest machine doesn't let me do it – Claudiu Aug 13 at 5:39
Make sure dynamic resizing is turned on in the settings menu. You could also just drag the guest window larger instead of setting the resolution manually. – John T Aug 13 at 5:42
You can't make a window larger than your screen by dragging at the corners. – Johannes Rössel Aug 13 at 11:39
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yes you can. – John T Aug 13 at 14:36
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It's possible, but why would you want this? You are going to spend more time scrolling the desktop around to find windows than anything else.

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Could be for testing, to see how software behaves in a large screen, to test web layouts, etc... – zildjohn01 Aug 14 at 2:57

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