I've got an old computer hooked up, and installed Byond. I don't have a mouse that will function with it however, so I need to know a few things about how to get around using the keyboard.
I'm using an older Byond version (341), but I'm guessing it should be similar. My biggest issue at the moment, is changing the caret focus from the text entry box to any of the standard tabs, ie, 'pager', 'hub', etc. Ctrl-2 seems to open and close the browser tab, though I can't seem to move the focus to the browser entry box.
Yeah, this is pretty sad :P
Any help?
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 Jul 30 2005, 9:12 am
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I have a feeling the mouse port on his computer doesn't work. If you have an empty USB port you could just buy a USB mouse... they're fairly cheap too.
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depending on the version of Windows you use, you might be able to use the 'hanidcapped mouse' which essentially uses your arrow keys to move the mouse around. and i think you can set an extra key or two so that- for example- CTRL-Arrows move the mouse, CTRL-space for left mouse button, etc. check out your Contral Panel (or maybe even the Mouse subpanel) to see if you can use these features. i recall Win98SE and WinXP should have these as standard unless you did a custom install.
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Kunark wrote:
Just buy a mouse, heck you could probably find another yard sale nearby and buy one for like a dollar :P I have mice in my attic. They are quite annoying when I sleep. Why don't you just purchase a mouse.. or use tab alot. BYOND without a mouse. Sounds like fun | |
Hedgemistress wrote:
If it's what would be described as "an older computer", it's not likely to have USB ports. Exactly. Nor does it even have a PS/2 port, which is the oldest connector type I could find on a modern mouse. I do have a PS/2 to serial converter, but the mouse still isn't being recognized. I'm not sure if it's the serial port itself, or if I just need to dig up an older mouse. Or a newer computer :P | |
digitalmouse wrote:
depending on the version of Windows you use, you might be able to use the 'hanidcapped mouse' which essentially uses your arrow keys to move the mouse around. and i think you can set an extra key or two so that- for example- CTRL-Arrows move the mouse, CTRL-space for left mouse button, etc. check out your Contral Panel (or maybe even the Mouse subpanel) to see if you can use these features. i recall Win98SE .and WinXP should have these as standard unless you did a custom install. Sweet :) Thanks a lot, that works great. A bit annoying to use, but far less so than tabbing through a hundred or so hyperlinks to get to the one I want :P | |
Flick wrote:
digitalmouse wrote: If you get Firefox you can just type in the text of the link and firefox will automatically select it for you. :) | |
Jon88 wrote:
If you get Firefox you can just type in the text of the link and firefox will automatically select it for you. :) Nice, though Firefox claims to require a P233, and recommends a P500. I'm downloading that and Opera to see which of them seems to work better on this high quality machine :P | |
I bet you have relatives that have leftover mice in the attict or something.