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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.
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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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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!

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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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!

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

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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!