I have a Toshiba Satellite M645-s...(I can't remember the last for digits of the model number). There are 2 ways in which I can turn my mouse pad on and off. There is a Function key that is used in conjunction with the Fn key to toggle the mouse pad on and off. There is an icon of a mouse pad, a slash, and a mouse pad with a line through it on the assigned Function key. I do not use this technique, so I can't tell you with Function key it is. The second option that is available and I always use, is with a small button that is located above the mouse pad and below the spacebar. This button is very difficult to detect tactually. The button is level with the surrounding surface and has a slight texture change where the button is. My understanding is that when the mouse pad is turned on, there is a light illuminated just above the mouse pad where the small button is. When the mouse pad is off, so is the light. When the computer is shut down and then powered up later, the setting is retained. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of John R Vaughn Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 8:45 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Disabling the mouse pad on a Dell laptop
How do you do this on a Toshiba laptop? I can disable the mouse pad on my Toshiba Satellite C 50-B each time I start the computer, but cannot do this permanently. Every rebot requires turing the mouse off. John -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 4:01 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Disabling the mousepad on a Dell laptop I can disable the mousepad on my Toshiba Satellite laptop. However, at the moment i'm experimenting with decreasing the sensitivity, so that you would have to actually press one of the mouse buttons rather than merely touch it to activate it. That might be an acceptable compromise between us and the rodent users -----Original Message----- From: Arianna Calesso Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 7:46 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Disabling the mousepad on a Dell laptop The problem is there's no disable option or JAWS isn't reading it for some reason. I've tried using the JAWS cursor but it doesn't show up that way either. Arianna ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve" <pipeguy...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Disabling the mousepad on a Dell laptop > You might be able to go into the control panel, select the Mouse item; >then Select Properties; then Select Settings; and control-tab to the >drivers page. Then, there will be an option to disable the driver. >e mousepad That should kill the little critter. > > Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. >h > Steve > Lansing, MI > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dialup @ 56k > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 9:06 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Disabling the mousepad on a Dell laptop > > > Arianna, > Some of those Dell laptops have a Fn key combination to do this. > Which Dell laptop do you have? > Glen > > *** > > > On 14-Feb-15 12:42 PM, Arianna Calesso wrote: >> Does anyone know of a keystroke to disable or shut down the mousepad >> on a Dell laptop? I don't even have to touch the thing for it to >> make the cursor jump away from the application I'm working in. I've >> tried Device Manager and there was no disable button or else JAWS couldn't read it. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Arianna >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
