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Re:Blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at on... by function_seven on Sunday September 04, 2016 @11:25PM (#12427899)

Just did it. Cmd+Space to bring up Spotlight. Type "Syste" and hit [enter]. The search box in the top-right corner should be active. [Tab] to it if it's not. Type in "Mouse" and arrow down to "Make mouse and trackpad easier to use". Hit [enter]. Hit [Tab] twice to move focus to "Enable Mouse Keys". Spacebar.

I have a feeling that I got lucky. There's another setting under "Keyboard" > "Accessibility", at the bottom, called "Full Keyboard Access". Mine is set to "All controls". I have a feeling yours is set to "Text boxes and lists only", which may be the default.

So I am kinda proving your point here :)

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Re:Blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at on... by raldi on Sunday September 04, 2016 @11:37PM (#12427945)

Indeed -- if it's set to the default (Text boxes and lists only), there seems to be no discoverable way to change the setting, and thus no discoverable way to turn on Mouse Keys.

(The non-discoverable way is to press Ctrl-Fn-F7; it's non-discoverable because the only place these instructions are shown is the Keyboard -> Shortcuts tab, but you can't get to that tab without a mouse.)

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Re:Blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at on... by function_seven on Monday September 05, 2016 @12:08AM (#12428039)

Keyboard access is definitely something Windows does better than Mac, what with all the `[Alt],` shortcuts you can quickly chain together. My favorite: [Alt],e,s,v in Excel, for pasting values.

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Re:Blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at on... by mjevans on Monday September 05, 2016 @01:52AM (#12428399)

You could probably be told that instruction over the phone... but knowing you needed to call it or what to call.

Very close Apple. Just a little more polish for your next update.

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Re:Blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at on... by the_other on Monday September 05, 2016 @06:04AM (#12429240)

I've long thought that box should be checked by default (but I need it "on" so I would say that ;-) )

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Re:Blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at on... by watmough on Monday September 05, 2016 @09:16AM (#12430079)

Anyone with mild RSI and a functioning TAB key would likely agree.

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