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Switch scanning

With Setup → Access → Switch scanning, a highlight steps through the board’s cells and message-bar controls; pressing the switch selects whatever is highlighted. Any switch that presents as a keyboard key works — the key is configurable in the Access panel (Space and Enter are the common defaults).

Hidden message-bar controls are genuinely gone for scanning too: if a person’s sentence-bar layout hides the delete or Clear control, the scan order skips it — fewer stops per pass.

The Access panel with Switch scanning selected, revealing the scanning options (switch key and timing) below the method radios. Desktop, light theme.
Selecting Switch scanning reveals the scanning options.