You have been subscribed to a public bug: The "Disable while typing" option in the Mouse and Touchpad settings only work for scrolling, but not the regular movement of the pointer.
To reproduce: 1. enable the option 2. Open a window where you can type (editor, terminal) 3. type with one hand constantly, and move the mouse pointer with the other one The mouse pointer should not move, but does for me. When two-finger scrolling instead, this gets blocked successfully while typing. This is with Ubuntu 13.10 on a Lenovo X220t. (The touchscreen appears to be completely unaffected by this setting (you can scroll while typing), but that is OK.) According to the documentation (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#Disabling_Touchpad_while_Typing) I have now also disabled "Tap to click", which works around the main annoyance of this: accidentally clicking with the palm/part of your hand while typing - the pointer can still be moved. ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Status: Incomplete ** Tags: bot-comment -- "Disable while typing" does not disable touchpad completely (only scrolling) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1251369 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
