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In this article, the wikiHow will show you how to use the keyboard to click and move the mouse around the screen when the mouse fails. You can enable this feature on most keyboards, both on Mac computers and on Windows computers.

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Use the arrow keys and the ↵ Enter key. If you just need to select a certain program or file on the screen, you can use the arrow keys to select and then press ↵ Enter to open the item.

  • Press any letter on the keyboard to move to the next item whose name starts with that letter. For example, when you press the R key on the screen, there is a chance that the Recycle Bin will be selected.
  • Press Alt + F4 to close the window. On some computers, you may have to hold down Alt + Fn and F4 .
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Your computer needs a numeric keypad. If your computer doesn’t have a dedicated numeric keypad in the right corner, you won’t be able to turn on the Accessibility feature that allows mouse movement with the numeric keypad. However, you can still take advantage of the following keyboard shortcuts:

  • Alt + Tab ↹ allows switching between open windows.
  • The ↹ tab allows you to cycle through menu options.
  • ↵ Enter opens almost any item you selected with the arrow keys.
  • ⇧ Shift + F10 or ☰ opens the menu that you left open by right-clicking the selected item.
  • Ctrl + Esc or ⊞ Win opens the Start menu. From here, you can type the name of any program or file and press ↵ Enter to open it.
  • ⊞ Win + E opens File Explorer.
  • ⊞ Win + X opens the advanced options menu. From here, you can open Settings or turn off the computer.
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Open Start

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. Press the ⊞ Win key in the lower left corner of the keyboard, or press Ctrl and Esc simultaneously.

  • If the mouse works, just click on the Windows logo in the lower left corner of the screen.
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Type ease of access . Ease of Access Center will appear at the top of the Start window.
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Press ↵ Enter to open the Ease of Access Center window.
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Select Make the keyboard easier to use and press ↵ Enter . Use the down arrow ↓ to go to Make the keyboard easier to use option.
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Select Set up Mouse Keys and press ↵ Enter . It’s the blue link near the top of the page.
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Take a look at keyboard shortcuts. Under the heading “Keyboard shortcut” will appear “Turn on Mouse Keys with” along with a list of keys. You can press this key combination to enable Mouse Keys.

  • This combination usually includes the left Alt key, the left ⇧ Shift key and the Num ⇩ key. When used, all three keys will be pressed at the same time. However, different computers may have different keyboard shortcuts.
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Set mouse sensitivity. If you keep the mouse speed and acceleration constant, the mouse will be quite slow. To book, please:

  • Scroll down until the “Top speed” slider is selected.
  • Press the right arrow key → to increase speed.
  • Press Tab ↹ to move down to the “Acceleration” slider.
  • Press the right arrow key → to increase acceleration.
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Select OK and press ↵ Enter . To navigate to the OK button at the bottom of the window, press Tab ↹ until the OK button is selected.
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Enable Mouse Keys feature. Press the keys listed in the keyboard shortcut (usually Alt + ⇧ Shift + Num ⇩ ) and then hold down one of the navigation keys on your numeric keypad (usually the 4, 8, 6, and 2 keys, respectively) for left, top, right, bottom directions) to see if the mouse moves.

  • If the mouse doesn’t move, press Num ⇩ and try again.
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Move the mouse with the numeric keypad. Press 4 to go left, 8 to go up, 6 to go right and 2 to go down.

  • You can also press 7 , 9 , 1 , and 3 to move the mouse diagonally.
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Click by pressing the 5 key on the numeric keypad. You can still use ↵ Enter to click the selected item.

  • If the menu is dropped when you press 5 , press / on the numeric keypad to switch to click mode.

Mac

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Open the Accessibility menu. Press Fn + ⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + F5 on a MacBook without a touch bar, or triple-click the Touch ID button on a MacBook with a touch bar.

  • On the iMac, press ⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + F5 .
  • If the mouse is still active, you can click the Apple menu
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    (Apple Menu), go to System Preferences… (System Preferences) then Accessibility , and click Mouse & Trackpad .

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Enable Mouse Keys feature. Press ⌘ Command + ⌥ Option + F5 (or press the Touch ID button three times) while still in this menu to enable Mouse Keys.

  • Keep the Accessibility menu open while using Mouse Keys so you can turn this feature off and on with the keyboard shortcut ⌘ Command + ⌥ Option + F5 .
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Move the mouse with the keyboard. Hold the U key to move the mouse left, O to go right, 8 to go up and K to bring down. You can also use the 7 , 9 , J , and L keys to move the mouse diagonally.
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Press 5 to click on the currently selected item.
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Hold down Ctrl and then press 5 to right-click and open the content menu for the currently selected items.
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Press M to hold the mouse and . to release the mouse. Certain menus (such as the Trash menu) will be activated.
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    Turn off Mouse Keys. When using Mouse Keys, you will not be able to use the keyboard to type text. Therefore, press ⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + F5 (or press Touch ID three times) to disable Mouse Keys once you’ve clicked on the item you want to use. [1]

    • Advice

    • If the built-in mouse doesn’t work, you can always try a USB or Bluetooth mouse.

    Warning

    • Using the keyboard to click the mouse is very time consuming. Take the computer to a technician to have the mouse repaired or replaced as soon as possible.

    In this article, the wikiHow will show you how to use the keyboard to click and move the mouse around the screen when the mouse fails. You can enable this feature on most keyboards, both on Mac computers and on Windows computers.

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