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Oracle® Solaris 11 Desktop Accessibility Guide

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Updated: March 2018
 
 

Configuring a Keyboard-Based Mouse

Use the Keyboard preference tool to configure the keyboard to simulate a mouse. To open the Keyboard preference tool, choose System → Preferences → Keyboard. Select the Mouse Keys tab to access the Mouse Keys options.

  • Allow to control the pointer using the keyboard (Alt+A) – Determines whether the keyboard can be used to control the mouse pointer.

  • Acceleration (Alt+C) – Determines how quickly mouse motion will accelerate when keyboard directional keys are pressed.

  • Speed (Alt+S) – Determines how quickly the mouse pointer will move when keyboard directional keys are pressed.

  • Delay (Alt+D) – Determines how much (or whether) keypress may be dampened or ignored when keyboard directional keys are pressed.