Windows 10: MOUSEKEYS. Why cant I press up and "click" at the same time? But it works for left, right...

I am using mousekeys; the numpad to control the mouse.


These are the controls on the numpad:

5: click

8: up

4: left

6: right

2: Down


I need to be able to click (five) and move at the same time. For left, right and down, it works fine - i can move and click. But when moving up and click, it register the movement (8) but not the click (5).


Is this the same on everyone's PC or just mine? Is there a way to fix it?

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Mousekeys: any way to change "both click" to "middle click"?

Hi,

I've got nerve issues in my hands that mean that it's very painful to use a normal mouse. So I was trying to use the Accessibility Mousekeys setting to use my keyboard instead.

At work I use Linux, and Mousekeys just works. I have access to all three of left, middle and right click.

At home, I'm using Windows 10. The three click options however are left, "both left+right", and right click. There is no middle click - which I use frequently and very sorely miss!

I have two questions:

• Is there a setting somewhere where I can turn on the equivalent of "emulate middle-click with both-click" for Windows Accessibility Mousekeys? (i.e. it's not a touchpad, it's the accessibility settings that allow you to use the numberpad of ANY keyboard).
  Or is there any other way I can get a middle-click action (e.g. Something like shift+left-click is middle-click).
• Under what circumstances is "both-click" ever useful/usable? Why does Mousekeys in Windows do something that as far as I am aware of is useless instead of providing the middle-click that other OSs do?

 

mousekeys

Hi,

Thank you for getting back with a reply. Let me help you in resolving the issue.

I suggest you to change mouse pointer setting and check if it works. Kindly follow the below given steps and check if it works:

• Open Mouse Properties by pressing Windows key + X, and then clicking
  Control Panel. In the search box, type mouse, and then click
  Mouse.
• Click the Pointer Options tab, and then do any of the following:
  • To change the speed at which the mouse pointer moves, under
    Motion, move the Select a pointer speed slider toward
    Slow or Fast.
  • To make the pointer work more accurately when you're moving the mouse slowly, under
    Motion, select the Enhance pointer precision check box.
  • Check the Enhance Pointer precision checkbox and click Apply and OK.
    

Method 2:

If issue persist, I suggest you to run the Hardware and Devices
troubleshooter and check if it helps.

• Type troubleshooting in the search bar.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click on Hardware and Devices.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
• Check if issue persists.

Write to us with the status of the issues experienced on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.

Thank you.

 

Mousekeys: any way to change "both click" to "middle click"?

To put this in perspective:

• There is a 31 year old standard for what the disability/accessibility option for Mousekeys (controlling the mouse cursor with only a keyboard) should provide.
• Microsoft provides 3 modes. Two of the three modes Microsoft provide meet the standard. The third mode Microsoft provide (where a "click" sends both left and right click at the same time, instead of sending the "modifier button"/middle mouse button the
  standard sets out) is meaningless in modern Windows.
• This means that of the 3 modes Microsoft provide, one is completely broken - it represents nothing usable or useful in the operating system itself.
• Thus, my conclusion is that Microsoft are NOT meeting the minimum standards for accessibility in their current implementation of Mousekeys.

I can understand that third mode being "both-click" coming from a history where mice didn't have a third button originally - and the operating system had an option to emulate the middle mouse button by clicking both the left and right buttons at the same
time.

However, it appears that Microsoft have removed the option to do middle button emulation -
without updating the accessibility setting that depended on it being there. This
breaks/makes meaningless the third mode of the Mousekeys accessibility feature!

This isn't a fault with a stand-alone mouse. There is no mouse hardware involved. These are basic accessibility/disability features
built into Windows itself that are partly unusable!