Interesting, it seems disable touchpad while typing is broken with synaptics 1.8.0.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Maarten Lankhorst (mlankhorst) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => ubuntu-14.10 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323006 Title: touchpad too sensitive. focus jumps all over document on text input To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1323006/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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