My primary Ubuntu virtual machine with vmware fusion is quite frustrating when tabbing between it and other applications on the native OS. Hitting cmd+tab to go

My primary Ubuntu virtual machine with vmware fusion is quite frustrating when tabbing between it and other applications on the native OS. Hitting cmd+tab to go from Ubuntu to chrome opens up a search menu on Ubuntu that requires you to hit esc before getting back to work. Very annoying, anyone also run into this issue?