keyboard shortcuts for mose buttons?

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i am trying to use windows with 1 hand and no mouse
mouse keys work for moving the mouse around, but once you get it where you
want how do you do a mouse click when you don't have a mouse?
there must be keyboard shortcuts for right and left mouse clicks
can anyone help me?
 
i am trying to use windows with 1 hand and no mouse
mouse keys work for moving the mouse around, but once you get it where you
want how do you do a mouse click when you don't have a mouse?
there must be keyboard shortcuts for right and left mouse clicks
can anyone help me?
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Press enter for "clicking" a button.

Right click = application key on keyboard (has an icon that looks like a
page or file on it). If you have one of these, it's usually in the lower
row to the right of the space bar. If you don't have one, select and item
and then press Shift+F10.

If you open Help and Support and search for "keyboard shortcuts" - you'll
find a couple of lengthy and useful lists. Also, many applications have
their own shortcuts - separate from Windows. Check their help files for a
list.

TIP: Print out lists for those things you are likely to use often. They
make a handy reference until you learn them well enough to "fly" without
the "cheat sheets."
 
i'm afraid i wasn't specific enough.

I know that if you are scrolling down through a list of objects, such as
folders or files in windows explorer, pressing the ENTER key will open the
selected item (or do the default operation for the application). you cannot,
however, use the ENTER key to open an object that has not yet been selected,
and you can't select an item by putting your cursor over it and pressing
ENTER.

ditto for the key with no name that "dislays the shortcut menu for the
selected item", which is what a right click does in most situations (ALT
ENTER does the same thing, as well as SHIFT F10).

if you can use a mouse, you can both select and open most items with a
single click, for example a link on a web page or in help. in all cases you
can at least select an item, which you cannot do by positioning the pointer
over an it and pressing ENTER.

given this problem, the "mouse keys" functionality is of little use. you
still have to have a mouse, just so that you can use the mouse buttons.

(i found that pressing the mouse buttons without holding the mouse tends to
make it wiggle, often moving the pointer from the place where i have so
carefully positioned it using mouse keys. however i fixed that problem by
covering the laser with tape.)

i know that it is often possible to select items such as web links by
pressing TAB many times, but this is tedious, unpredictable, and sometimes
doesn't work at all. anyway, that is an alternative to using pointers, not a
way to make the mouse keys pointer functionality useful.

i think i shuld just buy a special keyboard that has a mousepad.

btw, i have been using that list of keys you refer to and it has been very
helpful.
 
when mouse keys is enabled, you can use the "+" key on the numeric keypad as
a keyboard shortcut for left-click with a mouse. i found this through
experimentation. i couldn't find a keyboard shortcut for right-click.
 
sorry--my glee was premature. sometimes the + key does something useful, but
it definately is not a left-click shortcut key.
 
I know that if you are scrolling down through a list of objects, such as
folders or files in windows explorer, pressing the ENTER key will open the
selected item (or do the default operation for the application). you cannot,
however, use the ENTER key to open an object that has not yet been selected,
and you can't select an item by putting your cursor over it and pressing
ENTER.
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Did you check those keyboard shortcut lists in Help and Support yet? I
think they may contain some of the answers that you're looking for. For
example, you can usually use tab or a combination of tab and the arrow keys
to cycle through objects in an Explorer window or dialog box.

Doesn't help you not but keep an eye out for Windows Vista when is
released. It has new voice command capabilities. They are a "second
edition" of what is currently available in the Tablet PC edition of Windows
XP. I think that a microphone and these new features will go far in
augmenting your current navigating/use methods.

For XP Pro and Home, you can use third party software such as Dragon
Speaking Naturally to add similar features.
 
The keyboard shortcuts list has been very helpful. For example ALT-SACEBAR to
open system menu for active menue. That's handy.

Tabbing through elements to select can be slow, is unpredicable, and
sometimes doesn't work. For example useless on this web page.

I'm going to try to get a notebook computer. Two big advantages: mousepad
and more compact keyboard.
 
I'm going to try to get a notebook computer. Two big advantages: mousepad
and more compact keyboard.
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Hope that works well for you, Tony.

If you can't borrow one from a friend, you might check out renting one.
That way if it works no better than what you have now, you'll know before
laying out big $ for a new lappy.
 
Most frequently, I use mouse key on most of the computers, who don't have or
have a bad mouse. On the Num Key Pad, I use 5 Key for both Single and
Double-click instead of + key. Secondly, for right-click I use Right-click
button on the keyboard near the Window Key or right CTRL key. Sometime I use
SHIFT+F10 key for right-click. There is no shortcut key in NUM PAD for
right-click. However, once pressed INS key in NUM PAD can be used for as
holding down the left mouse button and INS key for releasing.

Hope this information helps you, let us know!
 
Hey hot stuff! I tried every keypad key except for the 5, when it's
obviously the best key because it is in the center of the mouse keys. Thanks!

Now all they have to do is add this to the help. I just checked and it isn't
in the help for mouse keys, on the regular list of keyboard shortcuts, or on
the special list if accessibility keyboard shortcuts...
 
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