If you have limited reach, mobility or strength, Android offers several physical keyboard accessibility features. These features are only available on Android 16.0 and up.
Turn on physical keyboard accessibility
- Open your device's Settings app.
- Select Accessibility
Physical keyboard accessibility.
- If there's no physical keyboard accessibility setting in the menu, make sure that you have a physical keyboard attached, then try these steps again.
- Turn on the required feature.
Physical keyboard accessibility.
Turn on bounce keys
This lets you set your device to ignore rapid, repeated keypresses of the same key.
To use this feature:
- In 'Accessibility settings', turn on Bounce keys.
- Press Action + Alt + 3.
Turn on mouse keys
You can control your mouse pointer with a keyboard. By default, you can use both the primary keys and numpad. With the keys on the keyboard, you can:
- Move the pointer up, down, left, right and diagonally.
| Direction | Primary keys | Numpad |
| Up-left | 7 | 7 |
| Up | 8 | 8 |
| Up-right | 9 | 9 |
| Left | u | 4 |
| Right | o | 6 |
| Down-left | j | 1 |
| Down | k | 2 |
| Down-right | l | 3 |
- Perform left-clicks and right-clicks.
- Primary mouse button:
- With primary keys: Press i.
- With numpad: Press 5.
- Secondary mouse button:
- With primary keys: Press /.
- With numpad: Press . (full stop).
- Primary mouse button:
- Press and hold, then release the mouse button.
- To press and hold the primary mouse button:
- With primary keys: Press m.
- With numpad: Press and hold *.
- To release the primary mouse button:
- With primary keys: Press , (comma).
- With numpad: Press -.
- To press and hold the primary mouse button:
- Toggle scroll mode.
- With primary keys: Press . (full stop).
- With numpad: Press 0.
| Direction | Primary keys | Numpad |
| Scroll up | 8 | 8 |
| Scroll left | u | 4 |
| Scroll right | o | 6 |
| Scroll down | k | 2 |
You can also:
- Adjust the pointer acceleration and maximum speed with the slider settings.
- Control whether the primary keys are usable.
- Control whether the numpad is usable. To turn it on or off, press Num lock.
To use this feature:
- In 'Accessibility settings', turn on Mouse keys.
- Press Action + Alt + 4.
- On the confirmation window, click Use.
Turn on slow keys
You can set how long a key must be held down for your device to register the press. This is helpful for people with limited dexterity and tremors.
To use this feature:
- In 'Accessibility settings', turn on Slow keys.
- Press Action + Alt + 6.
Turn on sticky keys
You can activate modifier keys, like shift, Ctrl, Alt or Action, when you press and release them. These keys remain active until another key is pressed. This lets you perform multi-key shortcuts without needing to hold a modifier key.
To use this feature:
- In 'Accessibility settings', turn on Sticky keys.
- Press Action + Alt + 5.