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- From: spw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Steven P Wilkinson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Mouse lock-button-down software available?
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 11:40:49 +0800
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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- Mark Hayes (ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu) wrote:
- : The following seems quite desirable to me:
- : A simple FKEY / control panel / extension that would let you
- : define a hot key as "lock mouse button down". In other words,
- : you could type control-option-command-M (or whatever) and it
- : would have the effect of making the system think the mouse button
- : was being held down continuously, until you either hit the
- : real mouse button or take some other action other than
- : just mouse movement. Anyone know if there is such a thing?
-
-
- There is such a thing and you most likely already have it.
- "Easy Access" comes free with Apple system software. Check your
- manual and read the section on Mouse Keys. You can toggle mouse
- keys on and off with cmd-shift-clear. The 0 (zero) key locks the
- mouse button down. The decimal point key unlocks the mouse button.
- Easy Access is a control panel BTW.
-
- Good luck,
- Steve Wilkinson
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