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<desc>Type keyboard shortcuts one key at a time rather than having to hold down all of the keys at once.</desc>
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<desc>Type keyboard shortcuts one key at a time rather than having to hold
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down all of the keys at once.</desc>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>Turn on sticky keys</title>
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<p><em>Sticky keys</em> allows you to type keyboard shortcuts one key at a time rather than having to hold down all of the keys at once. For example, the <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> shortcut switches between windows. Without sticky keys turned on, you would have to hold down both keys at the same time; with sticky keys turned on, you would press <key>Alt</key> and then <key>Tab</key> to do the same.</p>
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<p><em>Sticky keys</em> allows you to type keyboard shortcuts one key at a time
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rather than having to hold down all of the keys at once. For example, the
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<keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> shortcut switches between
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windows. Without sticky keys turned on, you would have to hold down both keys
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at the same time; with sticky keys turned on, you would press <key>Alt</key>
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and then <key>Tab</key> to do the same.</p>
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<p>You might want to turn on sticky keys if you find it difficult to hold down several keys at once.</p>
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<p>You might want to turn on sticky keys if you find it difficult to hold down
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several keys at once.</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>Typing</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select
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<gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Open <gui>Universal Access</gui> and select the
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<gui>Typing</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Switch <gui>Sticky Keys</gui> on.</p></item>
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<title>Quickly turn sticky keys on and off</title>
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<p>Select <gui>Turn on accessibility features from the keyboard</gui> to turn sticky
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keys on and off from the keyboard. When this option is selected, you can press
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<key>Shift</key> five times in a row to enable or disable sticky keys.</p>
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<p>Select <gui>Turn on accessibility features from the keyboard</gui> (above
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<gui>Sticky Keys</gui>) to turn sticky keys on and off from the keyboard. When
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this option is selected, you can press <key>Shift</key> five times in a row to
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enable or disable sticky keys.</p>
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<p>You can also turn sticky keys on and off by clicking the
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<link xref="a11y-icon">accessibility icon</link> on the top bar and selecting
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<gui>Sticky Keys</gui>.</p>
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<p>If you press two keys at once, you can have sticky keys turn itself off temporarily to let you enter a keyboard shortcut in the "standard" way.</p>
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<p>If you press two keys at once, you can have sticky keys turn itself off
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temporarily to let you enter a keyboard shortcut in the normal way.</p>
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<p>For example, if you have sticky keys turned on but press <key>Alt</key> and <key>Tab</key> simultaneously, sticky keys would not wait for you to press another key if you had this option turned on. It <em>would</em> wait if you only pressed one key, however. This is useful if you are able to press some keyboard shortcuts simultaneously (for example, keys that are close together), but not others.</p>
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<p>Select <gui>Disable if two keys are pressed together</gui> to enable this.</p>
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