https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470188
Bug ID: 470188
Summary: Add mouse/touchpad safety measures
Classification: Applications
Product: systemsettings
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Other
Status: REPORTED
Severity: minor
Priority: NOR
Component: kcm_mouse
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: tempqd...@mailinator.com
CC: natalie_clar...@yahoo.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Currently if you disable the touchpad on a laptop and click apply, you are left
with no pointer control and have to suddenly improvise and quickly learn to use
the keyboard navigation to re-enable it, which is not very straightforward (I
just tried it out with no prior experience and it was pretty challenging).
Adding a "keep/revert" timer popup, like when changing display settings, could
be a nice user safety feature.
This could also help if you set your pointer speed way too high (or low) and
consequently have difficulty hitting the buttons and moving the sliders to
lower it back down. The touchpad settings have a spinbox to control the pointer
speed in addition to the slider bar, but the mouse settings seem to lack one.
The spinbox is helpful because, rather than slamming the bar to its edges with
a speedy pointer, you can spend a few minutes positioning your mouse just right
and then just click repeatedly until the speed is lowered back down (or type it
in), then spend a few more minutes positioning your mouse over the Apply
button.
OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed, latest snapshot
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