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chrisjlee
Asked: 2013-06-04 12:52:04 +0800 CST

Disable touchpad switch application?

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When i'm scrolling sometimes ubuntu will think i'm trying to switch applications.

Is there a three finger application switching feature in ubuntu 13.04 that i don't know about?

It sometimes also switches applications when my palms are touching. I tried disable while typing and it's not optimal or user friendly. It's rather annoying to me.

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5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Yes. This is three finger tap followed by hold to switch between app windows. The explanation here. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch

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  2. In my case, running following command solved the problem.

    synclient ClickFinger3=2
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  3. The Window List will switch applications if you scroll while the cursor is over it.

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  4. This was messing with my head, too. I couldn't figure out how to reproduce it until I read the Multitouch wiki posted by bagustris in his comment above.

    Running

    synclient ClickFinger3=2

    immediately fixed the problem. Note that I ran

    synclient -l > ~/.config/synclient_listYYYYMMDD

    first to preserve the original listings.

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  5. This one solves my problem:

    synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=0

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