1<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" 2 xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" 3 type="topic" style="task a11y" 4 id="a11y-icon"> 5 6 <info> 7 <link type="guide" xref="a11y"/> 8 9 <revision pkgversion="3.9.92" date="2013-09-18" status="candidate"/> 10 <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="final"/> 11 <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/> 12 <revision pkgversion="3.33.3" date="2019-07-21" status="final"/> 13 14 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> 15 16 <credit type="author"> 17 <name>Phil Bull</name> 18 <email>philbull@gmail.com</email> 19 </credit> 20 21 <desc>The accessibility menu is the icon on the top bar that looks like 22 a person.</desc> 23 </info> 24 25 <title>Find the accessibility menu</title> 26 27 <p>The <em>accessibility menu</em> is where you can turn on some of the 28 accessibility settings. You can find this menu by clicking the icon which 29 looks like a person surrounded by a circle on the top bar.</p> 30 31 <figure> 32 <desc>The accessibility menu can be found on the top bar.</desc> 33 <media its:translate="no" type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/preferences-desktop-accessibility-symbolic.svg"/> 34 </figure> 35 36 <p>If you do not see the accessibility menu, you can enable it from the 37 <gui>Accessibility</gui> settings panel:</p> 38 39 <steps> 40 <item> 41 <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and 42 start typing <gui>Accessibility</gui>.</p> 43 </item> 44 <item> 45 <p>Click on <gui>Accessibility</gui> to open the panel.</p> 46 </item> 47 <item> 48 <p>Switch the <gui>Always Show Accessibility Menu</gui> switch to 49 on.</p> 50 </item> 51 </steps> 52 53 <p>To access this menu using the keyboard rather than the mouse, press 54 <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> to move the 55 keyboard focus to the top bar. A white line will appear underneath the 56 <gui>Activities</gui> button — this tells you which item on the top bar is 57 selected. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the white line under the 58 accessibility menu icon and then press <key>Enter</key> to open it. You 59 can use the up and down arrow keys to select items in the menu. Press 60 <key>Enter</key> to toggle the selected item.</p> 61 62</page> 63