<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic" style="task a11y"
      id="a11y-locate-pointer">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="mouse"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="a11y#vision" group="lowvision"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-09-21" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>

    <desc>Pressing <key>Ctrl</key> can find your mouse pointer.</desc>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

  <title>Quickly locate the pointer</title>


  <p>If you have trouble seeing where the mouse pointer is on your screen, you can make it so that simply pressing the <key>Ctrl</key> key will locate your pointer.  Once this is set up, pressing <key>Ctrl</key> will cause an animation to appear briefly at the location of your pointer.</p>

  <steps>
    <item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
    <item><p>Open <gui>Mouse and Touchpad</gui> and select the <gui>Mouse</gui> tab.</p></item>
    <item><p>Select <gui>Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed</gui>.</p></item>

  </steps>
<p>Your <key>Ctrl</key> keys will now locate the pointer when pressed.</p>
</page>
