My touchpad is currently set to click when I tap it. I want to turn it off but when i go into “Configure Desktop”->“Input Devices” there’s only keyboard and mouse, no touchpad and there’s no option for turning off tap-to-click. Where would I find this setting?
On 02/05/2013 11:06 PM, 6tr6tr wrote:
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> My touchpad is currently set to click when I tap it. I want to turn it
> off but when i go into “Configure Desktop”->“Input Devices” there’s only
> keyboard and mouse, no touchpad and there’s no option for turning off
> tap-to-click. Where would I find this setting?
that would depend on what software you use, like:
what is your operating system and version…
and, your desktop environment and version…
was the touchpad ever available in that configuration applett?
if so, what changed (updates, version changes, etc etc)
and, what kind of hardware…that is, is this a laptop or a plug-in
keyboard with a built in touch pad? a USB keyboard perhaps?
if it is a laptop does it have an Fn key and a key to press along with
the Fn switch to enable or disable the touch pad? if so, if you activate
that key sequence does the touchpad settinging in the configuration
application remain unseen?
what is the brand and model number of the laptop or keyboard?
if you look in “Configure Desktop”->“Input Devices” -> Keyboard is your
specific keyboard (or laptop) listed in the Keyboard Model spinner?
if not listed, is your keyboard one of those available to be selected?
if so, what happens if you select it and press Apply?
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On 02/05/2013 04:06 PM, 6tr6tr wrote:
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> My touchpad is currently set to click when I tap it. I want to turn it
> off but when i go into “Configure Desktop”->“Input Devices” there’s only
> keyboard and mouse, no touchpad and there’s no option for turning off
> tap-to-click. Where would I find this setting?
AFAIK, there is no GUI for this. Run the command
kdesu kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
Find the section for “input class” with the identifier “touchpad catchall” and
add the following line inside that section:
Option "TouchPadOff" "2"
My statement like this is after the “Option TapButton1” statements.
I do have the touchpad option, and can set lots of options. But, I’ve seen it not available (greyed out) and even not there on other machines, but not lately.
Please check whether synaptiks and gsynaptiks are installed, then try Systemsettings again. The module may show up.
synaptiks is installed but gsynaptik doesn’t show up in YAST/Software search. Where would I get that?
Oddly, I have the touchpad tab in 12.1 on my desktop computer.
Thank you that worked!
Unfortunately, this also turns off two-finger scrolling but it was so buggy that I couldn’t use the touchpad without going crazy, so I’m ok losing that functionality.
Thanks!