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#1 2013-07-31 09:37:35

truedays
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Registered: 2013-07-31
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MouseKey hotkey toggle (<Alt><numlock>)

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out a way to enable/disable via hotkey Mouse Emulation through the numpad. (Settings >> Accessibility | Mouse > Use Mouse emulation)

In Gnome2 you use to be able to toggle MouseKeys with Alt+NumLock. I would like to try to mimic this behavior in XFCE.

P.S.
Previous topic [solved] Mousekeys does not work in XFCE 4.10.0

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#2 2013-07-31 13:02:01

ToZ
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Registered: 2011-06-02
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Re: MouseKey hotkey toggle (<Alt><numlock>)

This seems to work. Create a script with the following content:

#!/bin/bash
[ $(xfconf-query -c accessibility -p /MouseKeys) == "false" ] \
	&& $(xfconf-query -c accessibility -p /MouseKeys -s true) \
	|| $(xfconf-query -c accessibility -p /MouseKeys -s false)

...make the script executable and assign it to the Alt+Numlock key combination.

Last edited by ToZ (2013-07-31 15:35:50)


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#3 2013-07-31 21:58:32

truedays
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Re: MouseKey hotkey toggle (<Alt><numlock>)

This works, but only after I first enable settings / accessibility / Enable Mouse emulation.

Thank you!

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#4 2013-07-31 22:46:29

ToZ
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Re: MouseKey hotkey toggle (<Alt><numlock>)

truedays wrote:

This works, but only after I first enable settings / accessibility / Enable Mouse emulation.

Thank you!

Sorry. Yes the xconf entry needs to exist prior to being able to toggle it.


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#5 2013-07-31 22:57:35

truedays
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Re: MouseKey hotkey toggle (<Alt><numlock>)

No problem. I figured it out and mentioned it so others wouldn't have any issue.

Thanks again!

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