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How can I disable the touchpad while typing on KDE?

Is there such a setting like in gnome?

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Reset to default
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Application menu -> Utilities -> touchpad management. There, you can ask the system to disable the touchpad when a usb mouse is connected and/or when you are typing.

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    Thanks - I do not find this menu entry. Do you know which command line is assigned to this menu entry?
    – Alex
    Oct 15, 2012 at 19:06
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    In Kubuntu 12.10 press ALT+F2 and launch synaptiks
    – warvariuc
    Dec 19, 2012 at 6:05
  • Tried this from a shell but got: synaptiks: command not found So I tried installing and got: sudo apt-get install synaptiks E: Unable to locate package synaptiks
    – virtualxtc
    Jun 26, 2015 at 18:54
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KDE 4 or 5

KDE 4: sudo apt install kde-touchpad

kcmshell5 kcm_touchpad or kcmshell4 kcm_touchpad

And you'll even have an option to disable touch and scroll only, leaving you the ability to move the cursor.

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    kde-touchpad installed, but not the other packages: E: Unable to locate package kcmshell4 E: Unable to locate package kcm_touchpad
    – virtualxtc
    Jun 26, 2015 at 18:51
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    It's two separate commands, the second one just launches settings interface.
    – int_ua
    Jun 26, 2015 at 22:02
  • The command literally opened the same settings page as I already had found in the settings app and there is no option to disable touchpad while typing. It's enabled though and I want to find a way to disable it.
    – Lampe2020
    Dec 5, 2023 at 17:07
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Did you try touchpad-indicator? You can install it using these commands while in a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator
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