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January 2011, Week 2

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Sat, 8 Jan 2011 14:17:54 -0600
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Re: Filemaker with no mouse
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On 2011 Jan 8, at 14:04, Lee wrote:

> Hi,
> I've had a request from a client using one of my solutions. Can it be used without a mouse, that is, can key strokes be used to replace the mouse ?
> I've never thought about it before so I'm just throwing it out there to see if its possible.
> I guess it just means can you activate scripts from a keyboard instead of using the mouse to click on buttons.
> They're using FM 8.5v2

Of course, you can set up the buttons so they're in the tab sequence, then tab to them and use the return key to activate them.

It might help if we knew WHY they want to avoid the mouse.

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