No Mouse Mode Buy — $19.99
New Version 2: click labels, type to click, scroll areas

Your keyboard
is the mouse.

Click any button by typing the two letters on it, or just its name. Glide the pointer, drag, scroll and jump across screens with the keys under your fingers. Your hands never leave the keyboard.

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Try it on this page right now: press for labels on every link, or and type a link’s name.

One-time purchase for 1 Mac, or 3, 5 and 20-Mac licenses. macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel.

Interactive demo

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Field Guide

Field guide

Working without a mouse

Point at this window, then hold ↓ to scroll. The photos below scroll sideways with ← and →.

Coast
Dunes
Forest
Lake
Canyon
Glacier

Hold Shift to cross the screen fast. Hold Q to move one pixel per tap.

Tap Space twice to double-click. Hold it and move to drag, let go to drop.

E splits the screen into nine cells named after the keys under your left hand. Press one and the pointer jumps there.

F puts a little letter on every button in the front window. Type it and that button is clicked.

/ lets you type a button’s name instead. H shows every key.

You reached the end. Nice scrolling.

Then use your keyboard. Esc lets go.

Every trip to the trackpad
costs you a second.

Reach over, find the pointer, nudge it into place, reach back, find your keys again. It adds up all day. With No Mouse Mode your hands stay on the keyboard: press ⇧⌘Space in any app, type the two letters on the button, done. Want to steer for a while? ⇧⌘M turns the keys under your fingers into a mouse.

Trackpad

Hand off the keys, aim, click, back again.

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Hands stay put: ⇧⌘Space, then the button's letter.

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An illustration of the two ways, not a lab measurement.

Everything a mouse does.
Nothing it makes you reach for.

Each card below is live. Click one, then use the keys shown under it.

Click labels · ⇧⌘Space

Click anything by typing two letters.

Press ⇧⌘Space in any app, even with No Mouse Mode off, and every button, link, tab and menu gets a small label. Type it and it's clicked. The labels for a window stay the same each time, so they turn into muscle memory.

Hold a key with the last letter for a different click: ⇧ right-click, ⌘ open in a new tab, ⌥ double-click, ⌃ just move the pointer there. Tab keeps the labels coming back for click after click.

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  • Drafts
  • Sent
  • Junk
Mia Trip photos
Sam Lunch Friday?
Apple Your receipt
Click, then press F (on your Mac: ⇧⌘Space)

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Move

Smooth from the first tap.

WASD glide the pointer in step with your display, up to 120 times a second on ProMotion. A quick tap nudges it a few pixels, holding reaches full speed in a fraction of a second.

Hold Shift to cross the screen three times faster. Hold Q and every tap moves exactly one pixel, for the fiddly stuff.

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Click, then collect the dots with WASD

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Click

Double-click, triple-click, drag.

Space is the left button. Tap it twice for a double-click that apps really recognise, three times to select a whole paragraph. Hold it, move, let go: that's a drag.

Return right-clicks, so context menus are one key away. And the side buttons too.

Double-click any word to select it. Triple-click to select this whole paragraph.

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Click, move with WASD, then tap Space

Waiting for a click

Mouse buttons

Middle, back and forward, too.

M is the middle button: open a link in a new tab, or close a tab in most browsers. [ and ] are a mouse's side buttons, so back and forward work in Safari, Chrome, Finder and anywhere else that knows them.

‹› example.com/
Home
Click, point at a link, then M · [ · ]

Click a link, then go back with [

Scroll · ⇧⌘J

Smooth scrolling. Any pane, any distance.

The arrow keys scroll whatever is under the pointer, as smoothly as a trackpad swipe, sideways too. Hold Shift to fly.

Press ⇧⌘J (or J while it's on) and every scrollable pane gets a number. Pick one, then Space pages down, T jumps to the top and B to the bottom. J K work if you live in vim.

Chapters

1. Getting started2. Moving around3. Clicking4. Labels5. Type to click6. Scrolling7. The grid8. Spots9. Screens10. Shortcuts11. Settings12. Practice13. Privacy14. Updates15. The end

A long page

Hold ↓ while the pointer is over this page, or press J, pick a pane and press B.

MonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWed

The row above scrolls sideways with ← and → when the pointer is on it.

The end. That took no trackpad at all.

Click, then hold ↓ or press J

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Jump grid · E

Anywhere on screen in three keys.

Press E and the screen splits into nine cells, named after the keys under your left hand: QWE / ASD / ZXC. Press one and the pointer jumps to it as the grid zooms in. Two or three presses land on anything.

Space clicks there, Delete steps back, Tab moves to your next display. It works on anything you can see, even in apps where labels can’t reach: games, canvases, remote desktops.

Click, press E, then aim for the target

Hit the target

Spots and screens

Save a spot. Come back in one key.

Click the same place over and over? Point at it once and press ⇧1. From then on, 1 puts the pointer right back. Nine spots, kept between restarts.

Tab jumps to the middle of your next display, and ` returns the pointer to wherever it was before its last jump.

Built-in Display
Studio Display
Click, then press Tab
  1. Tab to the other screen
  2. Back on the star, ⇧1 saves it
  3. Move away, 1 jumps back
  4. ` returns you

Hold to use

On while you hold it. Off when you let go.

Prefer not to toggle? Pick Right Command or Right Option in Settings. Hold it, steer with the usual keys, let go and your keyboard is a keyboard again. The left-hand key still works for shortcuts.

Or keep it simple: ⇧⌘M turns it on and off. You can change that shortcut too.

No Mouse OFF

Hold the ⌘ key with your mouse, then tap W A S D — then try them without it.

Plays nicely

Your shortcuts still work.

Anything with ⌘, ⌃ or ⌥ goes straight to your app, even while No Mouse Mode is on. S moves the pointer, ⌘S still saves. Click into a text box and it switches itself off, so you can just type. Add apps like Terminal or your games to a list and it stays out of their way.

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Press each and watch what happens.

And everything else

Labels in every app

Some apps never tell macOS where their buttons are. Turn on reading on-screen text and labels and type to click find them anyway, using Apple's text recognition right on your Mac.

Stays out of the way

Add Terminal, your code editor or your games, and it switches itself off while they're in front, then back on when you leave.

Off when you type

Click into a search box or a message and No Mouse Mode steps aside, so the next keys you press just type.

Every key is yours

Lefty, Dvorak, Colemak or just picky: every key and every shortcut can be changed, and put back with one button.

Labels your way

Classic yellow, black or white, so they stand out on light and dark apps alike.

Multiple displays

Glide across screens, jump between them with Tab, and labels appear wherever you're working.

Open at login

Starts quietly in the menu bar, ready when you press a shortcut.

Automatic updates

New versions install themselves at a quiet moment, never mid-task.

Light on your Mac

Uses no CPU while idle. One universal app for Apple silicon and Intel, macOS 14 and later.

Built-in practice

Learn it in two minutes.

No manual to read. The first time you open it, a short setup walks you through the one permission and lets you try each thing for real, with your own keyboard, right in the window.

  • Nine hands-on lessons that tick themselves off as you do them
  • Press H any time to see every key at the bottom of the screen
  • Key tips on the labels and the grid tell you what each key does, until you don't need them

All of it fits under
one hand.

These are the defaults. Hover or tap a key to see what it does, or click the keyboard and press keys on your own.

Pick a keyHighlighted keys are the ones No Mouse Mode uses while it's on.
  • Move
  • Click
  • Scroll
  • Jump
  • Help and hold

Anywhere, even while it's off

⇧⌘SpaceClick labels
⇧⌘/Type to click
⇧⌘JScroll areas
⇧⌘MTurn No Mouse Mode on and off

Every key and shortcut can be changed in Settings. Shortcuts with ⌘, ⌃ or ⌥ always reach your apps.

Your keystrokes stay on your Mac.

No Mouse Mode needs one permission, Accessibility, because macOS asks for it whenever an app moves the pointer for you. It reacts only to the keys it uses, keeps nothing and sends nothing. Reading on-screen text is optional, happens entirely on your Mac and is never saved. It goes online for exactly two things: checking your license key, and checking for updates.

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No Mouse Mode

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  • Everything: click labels, type to click, smooth movement, scroll areas, jump grid, spots
  • Built-in practice and guided setup
  • Move it to a new Mac whenever you like
  • macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel
  • Bought version 1? Version 2 is free for you
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Questions, answered.

How is it different from other keyboard-mouse apps?

Most do one thing: labels, or a grid, or arrow-key movement. No Mouse Mode does all of it in one small app — click labels, type to click, smooth W A S D movement, a jump grid, scroll areas, saved spots and screen jumps — with a built-in practice so you're fluent the same day. It's a one-time $19.99, not a subscription.

Do labels work in every app?

They work in apps that describe their buttons to macOS: Finder, Safari, Chrome, Mail, Notes, System Settings and most Mac apps and websites. Some apps don't (certain games, design canvases, remote desktops). For those, turn on Also read text on the screen in Settings → Clicking, and the jump grid and W A S D work everywhere.

Is reading the screen private?

Yes. It's off unless you turn it on, it uses Apple's text recognition on your Mac, and nothing it sees is saved or sent anywhere. macOS calls it Screen Recording, so it asks for that permission the first time.

Can I still type while No Mouse Mode is on?

The anywhere shortcuts (⇧⌘Space, ⇧⌘/, ⇧⌘J) don't need it on at all. While it's on, only the keys it uses are taken, any shortcut with ⌘, ⌃ or ⌥ goes straight to your app, and clicking into a text box turns it off so you can type. You can also list apps where it stays off.

How long does it take to learn?

A couple of minutes. Setup ends with a short hands-on try, the Practice window has nine lessons that tick themselves off, and H shows every key whenever you forget one.

Does it work with more than one display?

Yes. The pointer glides across, Tab jumps to the middle of the next display, the grid works on whichever screen you're on, and labels appear wherever the window is.

Can I change the keys?

Every key and every shortcut, in Settings → Keys and General. One button puts them all back.

Which Macs does it run on?

macOS 14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia and 26 Tahoe, on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

How many Macs can I use it on?

The standard license covers 1 Mac for $19.99. Need more? There are 3-Mac ($49.99), 5-Mac ($79.99) and 20-Mac ($299.99) licenses, one key for all of them. Move a license to another Mac any time from Settings → License → Deactivate.

I bought version 1. Do I pay again?

No. Version 2 is free for you and needs no license key on the Mac you already use it on. Download it from nomousemode.com/download and it unlocks itself on the Mac you already use. Setting up another Mac? Email us.

More help on the support page.

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