{"id":9145,"date":"2024-06-27T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=9145"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:23:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:23:48","slug":"assistive-technology-at-tools-sticky-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2024\/06\/27\/assistive-technology-at-tools-sticky-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Sticky Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is part two of a series of Assistive Technology (AT) Tools posts about tools anyone can use on their devices without downloading anything additional.<\/em> The previous post was Assistive Technology Tools: Speech to Text<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you had surgery on your wrist and needed to get to the Task Manager on your Windows device but couldn’t press Control+Alt+Delete all at once? Or maybe you’re trying to take a screenshot of a particular area on your Mac but you cannot depress Command+Shift+4 together while also having your grandkid in your arms? Maybe you use a switch device and can school me on…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us introduce you to the assistive technology Sticky keys can help you in these\u2014and many other\u2014situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sticky keys allow you to press keys in sequential order instead of all together to activate commands.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A note of caution:<\/strong> if you search “Sticky keys” on the internet, you will mostly get information about how to clean your keyboard. While useful, this is not what we’re referring to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activating Sticky keys<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chromebook sticky keys<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Open ChromeOS Settings<\/strong>,<\/li>
  2. Scroll to Accessibility<\/strong>.<\/li>
  3. Select Enable sticky keys (to perform keyboard shortcuts by typing them sequentially)<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    OR<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Press Alt+Shift+S<\/strong>,<\/li>
    2. Scroll to Accessibility<\/strong>.<\/li>
    3. Select Enable sticky keys (to perform keyboard shortcuts by typing them sequentially)<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      See: Sticky keys | Chromebook Mobility-Assistive Features and Functionality [YouTube]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Mac sticky keys<\/h3>\n\n\n\n