How to turn touchpad off when typing?

**tmcclelland472** · January 19th, 2014

So I have Xubuntu 12.04 installed on my mom's netbook. Whenever you type on it, you move the cursor, and usually end up messing something up. I was wondering how to turn the touchpad off when you type. The one that comes built in is terrible (have to wait a good 3 seconds after you stop typing to do anything again with the cursor). Therefore, I need something else.

**codemaniac** · January 19th, 2014

There should be an option in your touchpad configuration and management tool that lets you configure the time to wait before switching the touchpad again.

Not in a xubuntu box at the moment, I am using synaptiks which is a kde tool for touchpad management.
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**Dave_L** · January 19th, 2014

If codemaniac's solution doesn't help in this case, here's another approach:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...1#post12870711

**bertan2** · January 20th, 2014

It varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. On the Acer Aspire, it's Fn + F7.

**fosterD** · January 20th, 2014

Or you can set syndaemon to disable the touchpad while you are typing

Code:

syndaemon -i 3 -d -t -K

where '3' is the number of seconds to wait

**tmcclelland472** · February 12th, 2014

Sorry that I just got back to this, but thanks guys!

**gaseabra** · February 17th, 2014

Originally Posted by tmcclelland472

Sorry that I just got back to this, but thanks guys!

Hello. If you are still struggling with this, that would solve the problem:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse

In case you need to disable touchpad for good, you need to create a script for it.