Re: [g-a-devel] [Fwd: AccessX - ignoring the state of NumLock key]

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Hi Guys:

Whatever the situation here, it's likely to be the Xkb extension itself 
that's responsible for the behavior.  The desktop/gnome MouseKeys code 
doesn't touch anything to do with the NumLock state, to the best of my 
knowledge.

It's _possible_ that the NumLock behavior is configurable somehow (i.e. 
ignore NumLock or don't ignore), but I am not sure.  It should be in the 
XKB manual: (chapter 10 deals with AccessX).  My reading of section 10.5 
implies that the MouseKeys actions are bound to certain keys via the 
keymap, so it may be that one or more of the keymaps in question is 
binding the mousekeys actions to too many states (in other words, the 
problem may be either in XKB or in the key maps themselves, but it is 
probably not in the desktop software):

http://www.xfree86.org/current/XKBlib.pdf

regards

Bill

Peter Korn wrote:

> Reposting from desktop-devel, as the folks here are much more likely 
> to know the answer...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Korn
> Accessibility Architect,
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>
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> Subject:
> AccessX - ignoring the state of NumLock key
> From:
> Ali Sobhi <sobhi us ibm com>
> Date:
> Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:33:23 -0500
> To:
> desktop-devel-list gnome org
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> To:
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> I have noticed that which working with "MouseKeys" = on, the state of 
> "NumLock" is ignored.
> the Keypad keys operate on pointer movement and perform the click, drag 
> and double-click regardless of the
> state of NumLock. This is contrary to Windows.
>
> I was under impression that MouseKeys option should allow the selection of 
> NumLock state in which the Mousekeys
> are used for Pointer / Mouse control and in the opposite state, the keypad 
> can be used for its numerical entry task.
>
> Is this is an overlooked feature?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ali Sobhi
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