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  1. Bug #192508
  2. Comment #73

Comment 73 for bug 192508

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Reuben Firmin (reubenf) wrote : Re: mouse keys turns on randomly

Ah, a comment in that thread is the key to this, I think - shift numlock is the hotkey that turns the "feature" on and off. I bet that I've been hitting that shortcut accidentally. Since it's such a "destructive" shortcut (i.e. it wrecks the number pad's function) could this bug be resolved by popping up an obvious-but-automatically-disappearing alert when the shortcut is selected?

And, could we have an option in the settings dialog for mousekeys to permanently disable the shortcut? I bet the combination of both of those would solve this issue for most people.