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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="howto_mouse_review">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#reviewing"/>
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<link type="next" xref="howto_notifications" />
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<title type="sort">4. Mouse Review</title>
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<desc>Using the pointer to examine the screen</desc>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Joanmarie Diggs</name>
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<email>joanied@gnome.org</email>
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</credit>
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<license>
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<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
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</license>
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</info>
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<title>Mouse Review</title>
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<p>
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<app>Cthulhu</app>'s Mouse Review feature causes <app>Cthulhu</app> to present
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the object under the mouse pointer. Unlike <app>Cthulhu</app>'s
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<link xref="howto_flat_review">Flat Review</link> feature, Mouse Review
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is not limited to the active window; instead, <app>Cthulhu</app> will attempt
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to identify what accessible object, if any, is visually under the pointer
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as you move the mouse. If you have moved the pointer over an accessible
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object with information to present, <app>Cthulhu</app> will present that object
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and its information to you.
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</p>
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<p>
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Because enabling Mouse Review causes <app>Cthulhu</app> to listen for, and then
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process, all changes in the position of the Mouse Pointer, this feature is
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disabled by default. To have it always enabled, check the <gui>Speak object
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under mouse</gui> checkbox found on the
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<link xref="preferences_general">General page of <app>Cthulhu</app>'s
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Preferences dialog</link>. In addition, you will find an unbound command
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named <gui>Toggle mouse review mode</gui> on the
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<link xref="preferences_key_bindings">Key Bindings page</link> of that same
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dialog box. By binding this command, as described in the
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<link xref="howto_key_bindings">Introduction to Key Bindings</link>,
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you can enable and disable Mouse Review on an as-needed basis.
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</p>
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<note style="tip">
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<title>
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Default Settings and Keybindings Are Independent of One Another
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</title>
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<p>
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Note that you can choose to have Mouse Review always enabled or not and
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still toggle it on and off by binding and using the <gui>Toggle mouse
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review mode</gui> command. It is not necessary to enable it in order to
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toggle it because settings and keybindings are independent of one another.
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</p>
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</note>
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</page>
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