How can I make a shortcut key to disable the mouse pad?
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I have a dm3t laptop and when im using the keyboard I frequently accidentally touch it and cause some mouse event. How can I make a shortcut key that toggles the mousepad on and off?
If you are using Synaptics Touchpad, you can toggle the touchpad on and off by using synclient. To turn the pad off, run synclient TouchpadOff=1, and to turn it back on use synclient TouchpadOff=0.
You can set up keyboard shortcuts by System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts.
If you're not sure if you are using Synaptics Touchpad, run xinput list, and one of the entries will mention Synaptics if you are.
By using the following command you can install it from terminal
sudo apt-get install touchfreeze
This application automatically disables touchpad temporarily when you type something and also enables it back after you stopped typing. It has a GUI and some configuration options like a customizable switch-delay.
If you are using Synaptics Touchpad, you can toggle the touchpad on and off by using
synclient. To turn the pad off, runsynclient TouchpadOff=1, and to turn it back on usesynclient TouchpadOff=0.You can set up keyboard shortcuts by System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts.
If you're not sure if you are using Synaptics Touchpad, run
xinput list, and one of the entries will mention Synaptics if you are.You could use Touchfreeze
By using the following command you can install it from terminal
sudo apt-get install touchfreezeThis application automatically disables touchpad temporarily when you type something and also enables it back after you stopped typing. It has a GUI and some configuration options like a customizable switch-delay.
So you'll need no shortcut-key.