<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="howto_mouse_review">
  <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>[email protected]</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>
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