Bug 433571

Summary:	Accessibility-Activating Keypad mouse control requires a mouse
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Ricky <rickylperry>
Component:	kcm_accessibility	Assignee:	Gunnar Schmidt <gunnar>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aspotashev, cwo.kde, jackhill3103, mirh, plasma-bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Ricky 2021-02-25 08:48:00 UTC

SUMMARY

I barely know how to sudo apt and keep my system updated lol, but I did run across a small nounce that I believe would improve the accessibility of KDE windows for those who need it; I soaked my mouse last night there was no saving it, no place was open to grab a new one but I figure I would be able to somehow thumb my way and still use my desktop but I encountered some non-tabable areas of the system menu window and simple wasn't able to toggle the keypad mouse option in the settings. super bummer

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. alt+f2 I was able to open the settings and arrow key down to accessibility
2. in the accessibility menu I was able to tab through the keyboard menu then over to the mouse settings and there was the toggle for the keypad mouse
3. there was no way to arrow key or tab into that window to highlight that toggle and press enter, almost totally accessible but it was a gotcha moment

OBSERVED RESULT
wasn't able to easily and intuitively active accessiblity features

EXPECTED RESULT
easily accessible

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

seems like may be an easy code fix that could improve the system for those who need that feature

Comment 1 Alexander Potashev 2021-04-01 23:43:16 UTC

Belongs to Plasma.

Comment 2 Jack Hill 2022-01-06 22:00:20 UTC

It is possible to do this with just a keyboard:

alt+f2 to open krunner
type "accessibility"
use arrow keys + enter to open accessibility
press tab 4 times to use the custom sidebar
use arrow keys + enter to open Mouse Navigation
press tab once + space to use numpad as mouse
keep pressing tab until Apply is highlighted
press space to apply settings

Comment 3 mirh 2024-01-27 00:26:51 UTC

Indeed, I could confirm this too with 5.27.10 under x11. 

The only difficulty is that you have to press TAB a non-trivial amount of times before you can interact with the sub-list of menus (bell, keyboard filters, etc). 
Like, except when it's on the buttons and the settings themselves, there's no highlight to tell you where the focus currently is. 
And if any IMHO this could be the actual issue here?

Comment 4 cwo 2025-05-24 05:06:47 UTC

Thank you for the bug report!

This should work on current development Plasma, and recent improvements (one landing in KF 6.14 a little after Plasma 6.4, some already released a while ago) should also largely eliminate the extra tab stops.