How to use keyboard as mouse in lubuntu 21.10 ?

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Pranavra0713
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How to use keyboard as mouse in lubuntu 21.10 ?

Post by Pranavra0713 »

Whatever guid there are out there, I'm just not able to use it to enable the keyboard numpad as mouse. I don't have a mouse and had to sell my pc due to financial reasons, and now I somehow was able to build a pc from scraps. Old c2d stuff. I have a live bootable USB of lubuntu, but I don't have a mouse . And cannot buy one anytime soon. Any help ? I'm new to linux so I would appreciate any help.
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Re: How to use keyboard as mouse in lubuntu 21.10 ?

Post by Rex Bouwense »

Unfortunately Lubuntu 21.10 does not use the lxde desktop environment. It uses LXQT. See the Lubuntu forum at https://discourse.lubuntu.me.
The Lubuntu manual describes how to change the mouse and keyboard actions. See https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/3/3.2/ ... mouse.html.
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Re: How to use keyboard as mouse in lubuntu 21.10 ?

Post by drooly »

IMO, what you really need is some sort of accessibility software (usually for people that cannot, for whatever reasons, operate a mouse or touchpad).
Here's a Ubuntu solution. most likely GNOME-specific: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-h ... ys.html.en - maybe something similar is available on Lubuntu as well.
However, the basic functionality seems to be built into the Xorg server: https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_use_the_ ... se_in_XOrg
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