From kde-accessibility  Fri Dec 14 20:42:22 2007
From: Gunnar Schmi Dt <gunnar () schmi-dt ! de>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:42:22 +0000
To: kde-accessibility
Subject: Re: [Kde-accessibility] KDE access utility tool has disabled my
Message-Id: <200712142142.23284.gunnar () schmi-dt ! de>
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Hello,

On Freitag, 14. Dezember 2007, WILLIAM NAYLAND wrote:
> [...]
>   The sequence of what happened, is that while using Inkscape it was
> necessary to keep the control and/or the shift keys pressed for longer
> than KDE liked. It came up with a message headed KDE Accessibilty Tool
> which offered to deactivate all AccessX  feature and gestures. Like the
> trusting fool I am I clicked on it. Silly me.No keyboard.

It was the shift key. Pressing that key for eight seconds is a common=20
gesture to indicate that you want to turn on or off the "slow keys"=20
feature. This feature is a special mode where you have to press a key a=20
certain amount of time before it is accepted.

The text of the dialog should have been:

dialog> Do you really want to activate "Slow keys"?
dialog>
dialog> You held down the Shift key for 8 seconds or an application
dialog> has requested to change this setting. These AccessX settings
dialog> are needed for some users with motion impairments and can be
dialog> configured in the KDE Control Center. You can also turn them
dialog> on and off with standardized keyboard gestures.
dialog>
dialog> If you do not need them, you can select "Deactivate all
dialog> AccessX features and gestures".

=46rom your description of the current behavior of your keyboard I guess th=
at=20
you did not realize that for turning off the AccessX features and the=20
gestures you need to select "Deactivate all AccessX features and gestures"=
=20
from the combo box below the cited text.

> [...]
>   It would be very nice if someone could tell me what to reset and how
> it can be done from root.
> [...]

The AccessX features are configured per user, so you do not need to become=
=20
the root user for restoring your keyboard settings.

The first thing you might want to try is to use the keyboard gesture a=20
second time (e.g., to indicate that you want to turn off the slow keys=20
feature). You can do this by pressing the shift key at least eight second=20
(plus the time needed for the shift key to be accepted). If all works as=20
expected the above dialog should open again (asking whether you want to=20
deactivate the slow keys feature. You may want to select "Deactivate all=20
AccessX features and gestures" in that dialog.

If this way does not work, you need to use the KDE Control Center for=20
restoring your keyboard settings. In the module "Regional &=20
Accessibility / Accessibility" you might want to uncheck the "Slow keys"=20
function and the keyboard gestures.

I hope that I could help you,

Gunnar Schmi Dt
=2D-=20
Co-maintainer of the KDE Accessibility Project
Maintainer of the kdeaccessibility package
http://accessibility.kde.org/

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