The Ubuntu community has contributed 12232 ideas, 57574 comments, 1174524 votes
Idea
#5231: Automatically start virtual keyboard or virtual mouse when one is not detected
|
| |
450
|
|
|
Written by gQuigs the 20 Mar 08 at 19:11.
Category: Accessibility.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
|
|
|
Description
When I start the Ubuntu LiveCD and my keyboard or mouse isn't detected that is very annoying. We cannot expect people to know shortcut keys to start a mouse, or how to turn the on-screen keyboard on.
No Keyboard, but mouse: start on-screen keyboard
No Mouse, but keyboard: enable numlock keys as mouse, alert user of how to turn on and off
If both are not detected we don't have any good options but we can still tell them that we haven't detected a keyboard or mouse.
Tags:
(none)
Attachments
No attachments.
Duplicates
Comments
|
alvevind wrote on the 20 Mar 08 at 19:38
|
Nice idea.
But not every keyboard has a numpad, so it should be possible to use the arrow keys instead (in conjunction with ctrl or switch or alt).
|
|
Eldmannen wrote on the 20 Mar 08 at 20:05
| |
Pretty clever and cool idea.
|
|
fragro wrote on the 20 Mar 08 at 21:42
| |
Good idea!
|
|
days_of_ruin wrote on the 20 Mar 08 at 22:27
|
yeah great idea, but like alvevind said
not all keyboards(laptops) have num pads.
|
|
dan.fernandez wrote on the 20 Mar 08 at 23:35
|
Laptops with screen smaller than 15' usually don't have a keypad (too narrow for it to fit). But, they usually allow some kind of Fn key to change a set of normal keys into the keypad section while holded, so it shouldn't be such a problem.
Very nice idea, btw. Modded up!
|
|
natureflow wrote on the 21 Mar 08 at 12:19
| |
great :D
|
|
mateusza wrote on the 23 Mar 08 at 12:28
|
If both are disconnected we can still try make us of:
* power, reset and lid button
* eject button on CD
* joystick
* IrDA remote controller
* bluetooth phone
* microphone
* camera
* accelerometers
* and... thermometers! :-)
|
|
mateusza wrote on the 23 Mar 08 at 12:28
| |
*use*
|
|
Auzy wrote on the 19 Apr 08 at 03:10
|
Clearly a good idea..
OSX warns users when it doesn't detect a keyboard. And it will automatically start searching for a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse
|
Post your comment
|
|
