control mouse cursor and clicks using keyboard

[natirips]

Is there a way to control the mouse movement and clicks by using the keyboard (to do the opposite from the on-screen keyboard) under gnome?

[natirips]

Solved partially: System->Settings->Assistive Technologies; then Keyboard Accessibility, under "Mouse Buttons" (or so). However, the configurability of this is less than minimal.

I'd love to know it if there's some better solution.


P.S.: And clicks are buggy..........

[capibolso]

Try http://gizmod.sourceforge.net/

[natirips]

Tried it and got lost while reading the manual. It's too complicated. I was just thinking of something that would let me chose which keyboard keys do what because the Keyboard Accesibility can only use numpad which is impractial on a laptop.

My problem got pretty much solved in the meantime anyway (I'm using an usb mouse now , yes I was fighting with my touchpad because it gets very hot from times to times being right above the hdd (I think)).

But thanks anyway.

Cheers.

[degarb]

The flaw in Ubuntu, is you cannot get to preferences with only a keyboard to enable mouse movement.

[fearpi]

The flaw in Ubuntu, is you cannot get to preferences with only a keyboard to enable mouse movement.

If using GNOME, press Alt+F1 to get to the panel menu. Use the arrow keys to navigate.

[karthick87]

If you are using Gnome then pressing SHIFT+NUM lock will enable mouse keys..

[degarb]

If you are using Gnome then pressing SHIFT+NUM lock will enable mouse keys..

I figured out alt f1 with the typical 15 minute google. Not obvious, which is should be.

Will try shift+num when I boot into linux.

[oldmankit]

Mouseless browswing is a life-saving extension for firefox. Takes a bit of getting used to.

[roser1978]

You can use Cok Free Mouse Emulator to control mouse with keyboard.
The screenshot of it is as follow:

You can use keypad to control mouse move and click as follow: