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Everything about Mouse keys
Feature of some graphical user interfaces that uses the keyboard as a pointing device
Mouse keys is a feature of some graphical user interfaces that uses the keyboard as a pointing device. Its roots lie in the earliest days of visual editors when line and column navigation was controlled with arrow keys. Today, mouse keys usually refers to the numeric keypad layout standardized with the introduction of the X Window System in 1984. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Mouse keysA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The complete HyperCard handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Evaluation of Mouse, Rate-Controlled Isometric Joystick, Step Keys, and Text Keys for Text Selection on a CRTCited 590 times
- Go sideways: X keyboard extensionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Computer keyboardA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A feature where the mouse can be controlled with the numeric keypad.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Evaluation of Mouse, Rate-Controlled Isometric Joystick, Step Keys, and Text Keys for Text Selection on a CRT
An experimental comparison of a mouse and arrow-jump keys for an interactive encyclopedia
A Comparison of Computer Input Devices: Linus Pen, Mouse, Cursor Keys and Keyboard
A Comparison of Three Pointing Devices: Mouse, Cursor Keys, and a Keyboard-Integrated Pushbutton
Optimizing the mouse orthotopic liver transplantation model: Learning curve, technical enhancements, and keys to success
Air Keys: Virtual Keyboard and Mouse Using Computer Vision
📚 Books worth reading
The complete HyperCard handbookDanny Goodman · 1987
Encyclopedia Macintosh software instant referenceCraig Danuloff · 1990
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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