Using Mouse Keys in Macintosh Using Mouse Keys in MacintoshThe Mouse Keys feature is for people who do not use the mouse to naviagate around the screen and control the mouse pointer. When Mouse Keys is turned on, you can perform normal mouse functions using the numeric keypad on the keyboard.
When Mouse Keys is turned on, you can turn it off by pushing the Num Lock key. However, you can not use this key to turn Mouse Keys back on. There is no keyboard shortcut for turning on Mouse Keys.
All of the numbers on the numeric keypad except for the numbers 0 and 5 can be used to control the mouse pointer.
The direction of the pointer corresponds to the location of the numbers on the keypad, so 2 moves the pointer down, 8 moves it up, 4 moves it to the left, and 6 moves it to the right. The keys 1, 3, 7, and 9 move the mouse pointer diagonally to the lower left, lower right, upper left, and upper right, respectively.
If you hold down any of these keys, the pointer will accelerate until it reaches some top speed, and then continue at that speed until you release the key.
The number 5 in the center of the numeric keypad corresponds to a single click of the mouse. To double click, hit the number 5 twice in a row.
Holding and releasing the mouse buttons allows you to select text, drag and drop objects, and more. Move the mouse pointer to the desired location and press and hold the 5 key on the numeric keypad to hold the mouse button down. Now move the mouse pointer to its desired end location and release the 5 key on the numeric keypad to release the mouse button.
This setting controls how long you have to hold the directional keys before the mouse pointer begins to move. There are five options ranging from long to short.
This setting controls how fast the pointer will move when it is under keyboard control. There are eight options ranging from slow to fast.
Note that to set up Mouse Keys, you need to use the mouse. There is no keyboard shortcut.
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