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I have physical disability which makes moving with all my body very difficult, thus I use Onboard virtual keyboard to work with my PC using mouse only.

My problem is that after installation of Ubuntu Mate 18.04 I realized its wait'n'click function (I don't know its proper name, I use OS localized in my native language) is grayed-out and inactive.

Wait'n'click function location (image is downloaded, the button of mine is greyed-out)

This may sound stupid, but this little button saves my health. I work as programmer full-time and I need to rest my fingers often. Please, could someone help me to make it work?

MichalVales
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  • I tested: It is greyed out also in my Lubuntu 16.04.1 (live) and 18.04 (installed). In which (old?) version was it working (not greyed out)? By the way, I think it is called 'Activate Hover Click' in the US English keyboard. – sudodus Jun 26 '18 at 18:17
  • But I was able to activate hover click in standard Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.1 (live). That button is not greyed out, and after activating 'Hover Click' - 'Single Click' it started to work. Have a look at the 'Universal Access' setting. (It is possible that some of these features are not installed in Ubuntu MATE and Lubuntu.) – sudodus Jun 26 '18 at 20:01
  • Remember to remove the tick from 'Hide hover click window' in the 'Onboard Preferences' window. – sudodus Jun 26 '18 at 20:23
  • ... and the same (at least almost the same) works in standard Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 (live). But I don't know how to make it work in Ubuntu MATE. Maybe someone, who is familiar with MATE can help you with it, or you can use standard Ubuntu if your computer is powerful enough for it. Good luck :-) – sudodus Jun 26 '18 at 20:30

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Did you install mousetweaks? sudo apt install mousetweaks.

This must enable the dwell click option, other info here Onboard hover/dwell click can' t be enabled.

Scorpion
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