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Mouse keys -- as an anti-feature. (press option 5 times) My daughter enabled it while I wasn't at the computer and then thought my keyboard had died. Even took
by tln 6y ago
Mouse keys -- as an anti-feature. (press option 5 times)
My daughter enabled it while I wasn't at the computer and then thought my keyboard had died. Even took it in to get repaired, and got a new keyboard.
There is no permanent indicator that it's enabled, and it persists after reboots (once logged in)... when I figured out my brand new keyboard still had several broken keys I started looking for S/W level issues. Hard facepalm. It didn't help diagnosis that I did have some physically affected keys too.
At least I got a new keyboard out of it...
- m463 6y agoYears ago, my nephew somehow stumbled across the accessibility shortcut for invert colors and "broke his computer" I think it was either persistent, or he only sleep/woke his computer and never tried rebooting it. Looking at my keyboard shortcuts it's cmd-alt-ctrl-8, and it is presently disabled.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoWhat happened? What does mouse keys do?
- jk563 6y agoIt lets you use keyboard keys to move the cursor.
- wila 6y agoSee [1] In short, it makes the keys on a numerical keypad allow you to control the mouse (move up/down/left/right and click) [1] https://etc.usf.edu/techease/4all/input-devices/what-are-mouse-keys/ https://etc.usf.edu/techease/4all/input-devices/what-are-mou...