On 01/03/2013 04:14 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
At 21:54 03/01/2013 +0100, M Henri Day wrote:
On 12/26/2012 9:33 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:
I have recently [...] acquired a new laptop ...
When I am in the midst of editing a file, the cursor will jump from
its position to some other seemingly random position with no warning...
Touch pads can be very sensitive, so even if one doesn't touch them -
or at least notice that one does - that cursor can hop all over the
screen when typing on a laptop keyboard. My suggestion is that if one
is doing serious work, attach a mouse and disable the touch pad
temporarily ...
It may be worth saying that many (most? all?) touchpads can have their
sensitivity adjusted (via the Control Panel or wherever). Turning down
the sensitivity can solve this problem with gentle, unintentional
thumb dragging whilst retaining touchpad functionality when you need it.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
If you use a separate pointing device (mouse, trackball) you should get
Synaptiks (notice the spelling) and install it. It will automatically
disable the touchpad when the mouse is plugged in.
--doug
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