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<title>Keyboard</title>
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<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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<date>2009-11-20</date>
<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.4</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>System Settings</keyword>
<keyword>keyboard</keyword>
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<para>This module allows you to choose how your keyboard works.</para>

<para>The actual effect of setting these options depends upon the
features provided by your keyboard hardware and the X server on which
&kde; is running.  As an example, you may find that changing the key
click volume has no effect because that feature is not available on your
system. </para>

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<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>NumLock on KDE Startup</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>You can choose to either always <guilabel>Turn on</guilabel> or
<guilabel>Turn off</guilabel> the NumLock when &kde; starts, or you can
choose to have &kde; leave NumLock at whatever it was set to before &kde;
started up.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Enable keyboard repeat</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>When this option is selected, pressing and holding down a key
emits the same character repeatedly until the key is released.  Pressing
and holding the key will have the same effect as pressing it multiple
times in succession.  </para>
<tip><para> Almost all users will want to have this option enabled, because it
makes navigating through documents with the arrow keys significantly
easier. </para></tip>

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<term><guilabel>Delay</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This option allows you to set the delay after which a pressed 
key will start generating keycodes.</para>
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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Rate</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This option allows you to set the rate at which keycodes are 
generated while a key is pressed.</para>
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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Key click volume</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>If supported, this option allows you to hear audible clicks from
your computer's speakers when you press the keys on your keyboard. In
essence, this simulates the <quote>click</quote> of a mechanical
type-writer. You can change the loudness of the key click feedback by
dragging the slider button or by clicking the up/down arrows on the
spin-button. Setting the volume to 0% turns off the key
click.</para>
<para>Many computers won't support this function.</para>
<tip><para>Very few people would choose to enable this option, since it
generally annoys everyone else in the room. However, if your heart
yearns for the pre-soft-key era, this may help you to re-experience the
warm sentimentality of days-gone-by.</para></tip>
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