I use Windows-key + Space-key. I don't recall hitting it by accident. But, if the touchpad came on (or off) unexpectedly, I would just hit that key combination again to return it to its opposite state.
The key combo could be further complicated (with ctrl + function?). What alternative could exist? If it's a choice on a GUI, you need a mouse to enable the touchpad (when you presumably may not have a mouse). In my case, I prefer it disabled by default and want a convenient way to enable it if I boot without a mouse. I haven't been able to think of a way to accommodate that without a keyboard shortcut. I guess I could create a .desktop file for the script, and put it in the autostart directory, and prompt at boot up if I want the touchpad or not? That would eliminate the possibility of booting up without a mouse. But, all this seems to support what I was saying about how frustrating it can be as a new user, weighing what's more elegant, when it could be as simple as a keyboard shortcut (among many -- I don't recall accidentally hitting any of which in the past year.). On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> wrote: > On 09/06/2016 01:31 PM, Mark F wrote: > >> I'd like to see a shortcut for disabling/enabling the laptop touchpad. I >> wrote a couple shell scripts to do that.[1] One toggles it on/off and is >> bound to a keyboard shortcut. I call the other script from .profile to >> toggle the touchpad off by default. >> >> Mark: > > That (to me) sounds really scary. > > You're typing away, hit some wrong keys, and suddenly the touchpad (your > only mouse) stops working! Aarrghh!! > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > >
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