Accessibility on drag and drop options

Hi! RoseRodent, welcome to 7F :)

In Vista and newer, including Windows 7 and Windows 8, there is an option to use check boxes for multi-selection. For some reason, this is turned off by default, but it is simple to turn on:

• In Windows Explorer, hit the ALT key one time to make the hidden menu bar appear.
• Select Tools > Folder Options.
• Select the View tab.
• Scroll down and select the option named “Use check boxes to select items”.
• Click Apply, then OK.

You will now have the option to select each file by simply placing a check to the left of each file name.


Or you can go >Control Panel >Folder Options >View tab >Scroll down and select the option named “Use check boxes to select items”.

Then go back to any Folder you want to work in, and you will see the boxes on or near the files you would like to select.
It depends on how you have your view settings set.

It can be reversed by going back into Tools or Control Panel >Folder Options >View >and deselecting the check box for check boxes.

I am a Quadriplegic with no finger movement I use my thumbs and a touchpad and use the check boxes all the time, you have to click inside the check boxes.
Jerry

Okay, Rose what I have found so far you may already know.

There is Microsoft Accessibility: Technology for Everyone, Home This link explains the ease of access center in win7.
You can reach the ease of access center by going to:
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access Center. Here you would use the numeric keypad to move the mouse pointer.

Follow the red rectangles make changes as you need them:
1. 2.
3.

In Control Panel\Mouse Controls click on the pointer Options tab, there you can slow down the pointer, if Enhance Pointer Precision is checked you may want to un-check it to test.


I did find one mouse control program that might work here:
SteadyMouse - Hand Tremor Mouse Accessibility Software

Have you ever installed a program before? After you download the program, right click on the icon and when the context menu opens run it as administrator.
See option #2 here: Run as Administrator

This site has a list of programs for the physically disabled:
Software: Free enabling software for people with disability

RoseRodent said:

OK, I think I get it a bit more now... but that presents the different problem of aim - I need the checkbox to be about the size of the icon due to terrible aim with hand tremors. Perhaps zoomed up to 6x size I might be able to click in them! I rely on being able to click somewhere vaguely near the icon for it to pick up the selection, so a tiny box won't enable me to stop using the ctrl key. Probably why I wasn't able to tell that the checkbox would allow multiple selections.

There really isn't a way to stop it from taking ctrl-tiny-accidental-motion as "I'd really like copies of all this stuff, please"?

I don't like putting in additional programs unless it absolutely 100% can't be avoided, it's just the way I like my system, if Windows will do it then I want Windows to do it, it tends to result in a less upset PC, particularly on programs which don't cleanly uninstall - something you don't tend to know till you want to do it.

Have you ever installed a program before?

I'm gonna guess you get people swinging by who haven't, but let's just say yes.

I understand, if you read my Quote within your Quote

Going back to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access Center,

Go to above where I showed you the mouse controls you will see \Make the computer easier to see.


Click on that, and you will next see:



From here you can turn on the magnifier, and make the focus rectangle thicker.
Test the different settings for now and see if they work for you.


I have to go out for a while, but I will check back, hang in there we will make this comfortable for you.