Comments for How do I click a link on a web page if I have no mouse?

Comment from Nate on 2008-05-27

2008-05-27T22:40:41Z

Also, if you hit ' (apostrophe) in FF, it will search through links only.

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Comment from Michael on 2007-11-27

2007-11-27T22:08:49Z

THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU INFINITE you're the greatest

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Comment from Rakesh jaybhaya on 2007-11-22

2007-11-23T04:26:39Z

I also had this problem when i've purchased my computer.Actullay my keboard has broken at that time.I can't live without internet so i decided to work without my keyboard to surf internet.One of mine friend told me that if tab key on your keyboard to move from one option to another one.
I tried this and it worked.
we can use shit+tab to move from one secreen to anotherone.

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Comment from peter beck on 2007-11-19

2007-11-19T16:30:09Z

I also had serious problems with a conventional mouse, and I've ended up with an accommodation that involves a trackball and Dragon NaturallySpeaking, but the most significant help comes from MouseTool. MouseTool is software that clicks the mouse for me. It was given away with a caveat when I got it, years ago -- when you downloaded it, you were on your honor to make a donation to a charity of your choice -- and now it seems to be for sale (but beefed up) under the name Nib. I don't know what the price is, but I'm happy to offer a testimonial: it's been a real career-saver for me, and it's monumentally unpleasant to imagine what work would be like without it.

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Comment from Aaron on 2007-11-17

2007-11-18T02:56:22Z

To answer Seed about finding the same ability on the Mac:

Under OS X (I'm using Tiger but it should be similar regardless of version):
Open System Preferences
Look for Universal Access under System
Select the Mouse tab
You'll find a setting for Mouse Keys there.

To add to the RSI part of it, I've been using a symmetrical pointing device (a trackball in my case) and I'll switch hands every so often. This has kept me from having to result to therapy or surgery.

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Comment from Seed on 2007-11-17

2007-11-18T00:39:59Z

OK,

So how do you find the "MouseKeys" functionality on a mac that's similar to Windows. for example, you said, for windows users ,Go to Control Panel, Accessibility Options, Mouse.how do i do this same task on a mac?

Cheers/Seed.

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Comment from Neil on 2007-11-17

2007-11-17T15:06:50Z

Another firefox addon is Mouseless Browsing (MLB) which allows you to use your numeric keypad to activate any link on a web page.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/879

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Comment from Paul Johnston on 2007-11-17

2007-11-17T10:56:51Z

An expensive but easy solution is to purchase dragon naturally speaking professional 9. It is used by a lot of people for rsi and in my case dyslexia. Takes a bit of training but all commands are voice activated. Good when you get used to it

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Comment from Sam Bader on 2007-11-14

2007-11-15T00:27:12Z

If you're using Firefox:
There's a cool add-on that might help at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1341

The premise is that (if you're not in a form), you can hit the 'h' key and a number will appear beside every link on the page. Just type in the number and hit 'enter'.

It's just 3-5 key hits per link generally, instead of searching or tabbing allover, so it should take like a second to navigate. Pretty easy. You could probably find more complete instructions on Google if you want.

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Comment from Simon on 2007-11-14

2007-11-15T00:17:44Z

http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/nomouse/ -- "Use Opera without a Mouse: Spatial navigation". Nothing to match it. Beats FF's 'caret browsing' by miles.

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Comment from John Hileman on 2007-11-14

2007-11-14T23:49:53Z

A few more ideas that don't answer the question. You could try using your other hand. Or try a touch pad.

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Comment from Dan Ullman on 2007-11-14

2007-11-14T20:20:59Z

Firefox also has caret browsing. Press F7 and you can navigate the page using your arrow keys. Also, there are a number of accessibility extension for Firefox.

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