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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="mouse-mousekeys" xml:lang="nl">
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<link type="guide" xref="mouse"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="a11y#mobility" group="pointing"/>
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How to enable <gui>Mouse Keys</gui> to click and move mouse pointer with keypad.
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Phil Bull</name>
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<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<title>Click and move mouse pointer using keypad</title>
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<p>If you have difficulties using a mouse or other pointing
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device, you can control the mouse pointer using the numeric
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keypad on your keyboard. This feature is called <em>Mouse Keys</em>.</p>
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Open <gui>Universal Access</gui> and select the <gui>Pointing and Clicking</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Switch <gui>Mouse Keys</gui> on.</p></item>
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Make sure that <key>Num Lock</key> is turned off. You will now be able to
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move the mouse pointer using the keypad.
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<p>You can quickly turn Mouse Keys on and off by clicking the <link xref="a11y-icon">accessibility
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icon</link> on the top bar and selecting <gui>Mouse Keys</gui>.</p>
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The keypad is a set of numerical buttons on your keyboard, usually arranged
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into a square grid. If you have a keyboard without a keypad (such as a laptop
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keyboard), you may need to hold down the function (<key>Fn</key>)
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key and use certain other keys on your keyboard as a keypad. If you use this
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feature often on a laptop, you can purchase external USB keypads.
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Each number on the keypad corresponds to a direction. For example, pressing
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<key>8</key> will move the pointer upwards and pressing <key>2</key> will move
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it downwards. Press the <key>5</key> key to click once with the mouse, or
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quickly press it twice to double-click. Most keyboards have a special key which
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allows you to right-click; it is often near to the space bar. Note, however,
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that this key responds to where your keyboard focus is, not where your mouse
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If you want to use the keypad to type numbers while Mouse Keys is enabled, turn
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<key>Num Lock</key> on. The mouse cannot be controlled with the keypad when
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<key>Num Lock</key> is turned on, though.
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The normal number keys, in a line at the top of the keyboard, will not
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control the mouse pointer. Only the keypad number keys can be used.
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