Accessibility on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Accessibility is entry 21 of 23 on the first screen of Settings in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, holding 6 options and 26 more on the screens they open, in the order the device shows them.

• Always Show Accessibility Menu
• Seeing
  • High Contrast
  • On/Off Shapes
  • Reduced Motion
  • Text Size
  • Cursor Size
  • Sound Keys
  • Always Show Scrollbars
• Hearing
  • Overamplification
  • Visual Alerts
  • Flash Area
  • Test Flash
• Typing
  • Screen Keyboard
  • Enable by Keyboard
  • Cursor Blinking
  • Test Entry
  • Sticky Keys
• Pointing and Clicking
  • Mouse Keys
  • Locate Pointer
  • Activate Windows on Hover
• Zoom
  • Desktop Zoom
  • Magnification Factor
  • Magnifier View
  • Extend Outside Screen Edges
  • Screen Area
  • Follow Behavior
  • Inverted

What changed in Accessibility since Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

4 new, 4 gone and 8 renamed on this screen and the ones inside it.

• New Pointing and Clicking › Activate Windows on Hover
• New Zoom › Magnifier View › Colour Effects
• New Zoom › Magnifier View › Colour Effects › Inverted
• New Zoom › Follow Behavior › Mouse Is At Centre Of Screen
• Gone Seeing › Screen Reader
• Gone Zoom › Crosshair Lines
• Gone Zoom › Overlap Mouse Cursor
• Gone Zoom › Color
• Renamed Reduce Animation → Reduced Motion
• Renamed Large Text → Text Size
• Renamed Entire Window → Top Bar
• Renamed Follow Mouse Cursor → Crosshairs
• Renamed Screen Area → Overlap Mouse Cursor
• Renamed Moves with Contents → Magnifier Moves With Mouse
• Renamed Pushes Contents Around → Screen Part Follows Mouse
• Renamed Remains Centered → Mouse Moves With Magnifier

Accessibility on other systems

The same screen, as each system draws it.

The same screen in other versions

Other sections of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS