Bug 505687 - Mouse navigation in accessibility should be better explained in the info popup
Summary: Mouse navigation in accessibility should be better explained in the info popup
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_accessibility (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.80
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: accessibility, junior-jobs, usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-06-17 09:13 UTC by dmatteo002
Modified: 2026-01-16 20:36 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.7.0
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Description dmatteo002 2025-06-17 09:13:40 UTC
SUMMARY
Mouse navigation in accessibility is not fully explained in the info popup.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open systemsetting
2. Accessibility -> Mouse Navigation
3. Click on the info box

OBSERVED RESULT
There is explanation on how to move and how to basic click.
w to basic click.

EXPECTED RESULT
It should also be an explanation of that it is possible to use numpad / to toggle numpad 5 to be middle click; numpad * to toggle right click; and numpad numlock to toggle left click mode when clicking with numpad 5.

This are fundamental function to use this accessibility tool and are not very intuitive to discover, as such they should be explained to the user. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-26-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (14,9 GiB usable)


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-06-17 17:13:31 UTC
It does seem this addition would be helpful. I wouldn't have known about this functionality without it in the tooltip.
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-13 17:36:06 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3451
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-14 03:14:57 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3452
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2026-01-15 19:36:40 UTC
Git commit 741c38660877ec7f4959de62c07fff36c3c1b7ed by Nate Graham, on behalf of Jaimukund Bhan.
Committed on 15/01/2026 at 19:31.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

kcms/access: Add click modes to tooltip

This change adds instructions for toggling between different mouse click
modes in the Mouse Navigation tooltip for using keypad to move cursor,
which are not present currently.

M  +1    -1    kcms/access/ui/MouseNavigation.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/741c38660877ec7f4959de62c07fff36c3c1b7ed