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<link type="guide" xref="a11y#mobility" group="pointing"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-03-14" status="candidate"/>
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<desc>Enable mouse keys to control the mouse with the keypad.</desc>
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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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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>Daniel Nylander</mal:name>
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<mal:email>po@danielnylander.se</mal:email>
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<mal:years>2012</mal:years>
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<title>Click and move mouse pointer using the keypad</title>
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and press <key>Enter</key>.</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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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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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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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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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.
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Most keyboards have a special key which
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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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pointer is. See <link xref="a11y-right-click"/> for information on how to
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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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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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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.