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