https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419538
Bug ID: 419538 Summary: Cannot disable touchpad while typing Product: plasmashell Version: master Platform: Ubuntu Packages OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: Touchpad Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org Reporter: kdeb...@replies.cyways.com Target Milestone: 1.0 SUMMARY I have never been able to get the "disable touchpad while typing" option to work on my laptops with Synaptics touchpads. I finally did a bit of searching and found the application called "touchpad-indicator." Installing this solved the problem. Perhaps you should take a look at the code in that app to see if you can use it to fix the problem with disabling the touchpad. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Turn on "Disable touchpad while typing" in the SystemSettings applet 2. Go someplace where you need to type. 3. Watch the cursor move all over the screen. Occasionally whole blocks of text will be deleted as well. OBSERVED RESULT See #3 EXPECTED RESULT Touchpad disabled and no problems with typing SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: Currently Kubuntu 20.04 (development) but the problem has persisted across versions. (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0 Qt Version: 5.12.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.