Pointer-capture-applet Command

Pointer-capture-applet Command

pointer-capture-applet

mouse accessibility enhancements for the GNOME desktop

Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers



Section: gnome

Install pointer-capture-applet

  • Debian apt-get install mousetweaks Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install mousetweaks Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S mousetweaks Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install mousetweaks Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install mousetweaks Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install mousetweaks Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install mousetweaks Click to copy

mousetweaks

mouse accessibility enhancements for the GNOME desktop

This package contains a daemon and some panel applets to improve mouse usability on the GNOME desktop. These enhancements are: * The possibility to click without a button * The ability to bring the context menu with a one-button mouse (like MacOS does) * An area to capture the mouse pointer until it is released with a pre-defined key combination.

To install the latest version of pointer-capture-applet in your favorite operating system just copy the pointer-capture-applet installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of pointer-capture-applet 2026 package in your OS.