Context menu accessibility using keyboard!

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Context menu accessibility using keyboard!

I have a very outgoing quadriplegic friend who is NOT mouse-friendly. Can only use one hand with keyboard stylus velcro to hand. PC's have context menu key on keyboard. For this reason, friend's friends' friends avoid Apple and use Microsoft. But I think Apple macOS has many accessibility benefits. I would like to find an Automator app or service that would suit the outlined accessibility challenge.

So far, I know how to use and modify shortcuts for menubar access, in System Preferences, Keyboard, Shortcuts, Keyboard. That may be useful. I need an Automator AppleScript (?) for accessible one-key context menu access.

Sorry, topic was closed just after posting so must restart, important!

Please keep this discussion accessible for commenting and sharing.

Mac Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2), MacBook, iPhones, Web Design

Posted on Feb 6, 2018 9:46 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 7, 2018 2:03 AM in response to Osiyo

You would use a combination of these features.

macOS Sierra: Control the pointer using Mouse Keys

macOS Sierra: Keyboard pane of Accessibility System Preferences

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Kappy

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Feb 6, 2018 11:48 AM in response to Osiyo

Have you checked out the Keyboard and Mouse added features for the handicapped? They are found in the Accessibility preferences panel of System Preferences.

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Osiyo Author

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Feb 7, 2018 12:55 AM in response to Kappy

We've all been there. Please be more specific... 'app or service that would suit the outlined accessibility challenge... for accessible one-key context menu access'.

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Feb 7, 2018 2:59 AM in response to Osiyo

Perhaps I misunderstood. I was thinking a one key at a time solution would suffice.

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Osiyo Author

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Feb 7, 2018 2:41 AM in response to CountryGirl56

CountryGirl56 (was a beautiful year),

Focus is on your last, specifically the shortcut for "Move focus to the menu bar". There is a human procession there that seems to almost fit into where we are headed the way we want.

So I tried that module. One-key not allowed. Nothing in menu provides breadth of scope available in context menus. Linux vs. Unix, Unix seems to (security) shield Library operators accessed using context menu. Therefore script would channel into those context operators, bypassing simple human menu interface. Those sorts of scripts are generally including command environment lists. Meaning a senior Engineer level of system understanding.

For me, looking at that those keyboard settings just made me feel 1,000 x more humbled by the complexity we must bridge to satisfy Mac equivalence to the Windows Linux context key. Just a'dangling there. Tempting centimeter East of Tab. Hmm...

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Feb 7, 2018 2:49 AM in response to Osiyo

Not sure what to tell you. I enabled Mouse Keys in order to control mouse movement and Sticky Keys so I could enable the "control" key, then "click" which opens contextual menus. Then scroll up and down the contextual menu using the arrow keys.

Works for me.

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Context menu accessibility using keyboard!

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