Tim, Yes, just confirmed your point. The laptop keyboard lost those keys for normal typing. Drat. Interestingly is that with my external USB-connected keyboard, those keys do not get mapped and they continue to work as expected, even with mouse keys enabled. But of course that’s not the point, using an external keyboard. Ah, well…back to the old method of a physical USB mouse connected when traveling…
Dave Carlson Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Farfar, Woodworker, and Pioneer On May 25, 2021, at 7:43 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, While this will turn off the trackpad, it also may have some unforeseen consequences for you. When Mouse Keys is enabled, you have now made the 7, 8, 9, u, I, o, j, k, l and a few more keys have different functions. When Mouse Keys is enabled, these keys work as mouse directional keys, and typing with them is not possible. So, with Mouse Keys enabled, you cannot enter any text that requires these keys. You would need to turn Mouse Keys off, type, then turn it back on. In the past, there were also some issues with cmd-w and other keyboard shortcuts, although I can’t recall them all, nor do I know if this is still the case. Just a warning to those who decide to use this workaround, as you may find it a pain to constantly toggle it on/off in order to type letters with your right hand. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On May 25, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Dave Carlson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Pretty cool. Works on Mojave, as well. Slightly different controls in the > System Preferences for that version. > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker > > On May 25, 2021, at 6:35 AM, Ian Harrison <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi listers, > apologies if someone has already posted this. > > A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the touchpad > so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now found a way > to do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external touchpad. I > can now turn the pad back on when I have finished so my sighted friends can > use it as intended. > > Do the following: > Go to Apple preferences in Big Sur > click on Accessibility > Click on pointers in the table of options > Click on other pointer tab > Put a tick in the enable mouse keys box > Go into the mouse options pop up and tick turn off touchpad when mouse keys > enabled > Click OK > > Now you can toggle the touchpad on and off with 5 quick presses of the option > key on the keyboard > > Cheers > Ian > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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