Even though if you think about desktops and laptops you probably think Windows or Mac, or maybe even Linux, there is a fourth player on the block that’s been slowly taking over in the background –ChromeOS. With the amount ofgreat Chromebookspresent in schools and in our homes nowadays, many young people’s first laptop experience is with machines powered by Google’s OS, and not the obvious big guns.
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With the rise of the popularity of ChromeOS comesincreasing expectations of its users. Back when it was just a very barebones experience, you really wouldn’t expect it to do much more – or have many more additional features – than just browsing the web. Nowadays, you can find a lot of cool and extremely useful additions baked right into the system.
One of the most useful, whether you want to use it as an accessibility feature, or as a way to make your lazy scrolling session even more chill, is the ability to turn on the auto-clicker straight in the software. Here’s how to turn the automatic clicks on when you want to use them on your Chromebook.
How does auto-clicker work in ChromeOS?
Lets your ChromeOS automate this function
The auto-clicker function, as the name suggests, lets your software take care of the mouse clicks for you once the cursor sits idle for an amount of time. This is a handy feature both for people with motor impairments or those looking to simplify certain tasks that they need to complete throughout the day.
ChromeOS comes with the auto-clicker built-in as an accessibility function, and it can be enabled in just a few steps. The whole feature is extremely easy to use. Once enabled, the auto-clicker performs a click once your mouse pointer stops moving, so you can automatically select what you’ve guided your mouse pointer toward.
How to turn on auto-clicker in ChromeOS
Turn on auto-clicker with these simple steps:
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How to customize your auto-clicker
More advances options to customize
However, simply turning on your auto-clicker is not everything you can do with this accessibility feature. Simply setting your mouse to click once the cursor stops might be a bit too limiting for you, but ChromeOS lets you dig a little bit deeper and set some more advanced click options.
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Customize your clicks further
Even better, customizing when and how your auto-clicker engages is not the only utility that your Chromebook has in store for its auto-clicker. You can even set the feature to do more than a simple click. After enabling automatic clicks, in the bottom right corner of your screen you’ll see the auto-click menu, with various click options to choose from. Here’s what they enable from left to right:
You can also move the auto-click menu by clicking the rightmost icon, which lets you dock it to other corners of the screen.
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Q: Can you turn on continuous clicking on Chrome OS?
One of the reasons why you’d want to enable an auto-clicker function on your Chromebook, of course, aside from the obvious accessibility needs, is to help you out with certain games, fittingly called clicker games. There are quite a number of popular browsers or mobile games that require you to click or tap the screen in order to gather resources, so turning on the auto-clicker to do that for you would be an awesome thing to have.
Unfortunately, ChromeOS does not, at this time, support continuous auto-clicking. This means, once your mouse pointer stops and performs the desired click, there is no way for it to click again without moving it. So, if you’re looking for a way to choose your favorite clicker game – you’ll have to check elsewhere.
Q: What other accessibility features does ChromeOS have?
Seeing as one of the main focuses of ChromeOS is the education market, it’s easy to see why it comes with quite a few accessibility features and options. Here are the main ones:
