How can I disable the touchpad while typing on KDE?
Is there such a setting like in gnome?
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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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1Thanks - I do not find this menu entry. Do you know which command line is assigned to this menu entry? – Alex Oct 15 '12 at 19:06
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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 '15 at 18:54
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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1kde-touchpad installed, but not the other packages: E: Unable to locate package kcmshell4 E: Unable to locate package kcm_touchpad – virtualxtc Jun 26 '15 at 18:51
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1It's two separate commands, the second one just launches settings interface. – int_ua Jun 26 '15 at 22:02
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
