HowTo: Disable Synaptics Touchpad While Typing

[P4man]

Can I get the delay time a bit faster?

Yes. the "1" is the delay (in seconds). You can set it to 0.5 if you prefer. But read my post above, adding -t is probably an even better solution.

[edmicman]

I did "syndaemon -i 1 -d -t -K" and that seems to work pretty well. I agree, though, that this is a simple problem that should be fixed by default!

[Paresh]

Thanks

Simple and effective fix.

I have also tried this on my friend's laptop. He is partially sighted and cannot tell when the cursor has moved due to an inadvertent touch. This has helped him muchly after tweaking the delay to his tastes.
=D>

[ccl4]

hello i can not find the "touchpad section". please help

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

[sergiom99]

Thanks dude, nice tutorial.
I would give you a star, but somehow theyre not available in this thread.

[raghaven.kumar]

hello i can not find the "touchpad section". please help

dude, im also having the same config but no one seems to know the solution for it.

[b:z]

This method was more convenient for me:

To disable the touchpad:

synclient TouchpadOff=1

To enable the touchpad:

synclient TouchpadOff=0

And: you can put each on a launcher in your desktop. The result works pretty neat in my case. If you are at your desk with a mouse, or typing, just disable the touchpad.

That's so cool. It really helps me.

[zzHanks]

Thank you.

No more minimizing and typing in the wrong window

[johnehowe]

Thank you... I needed this fix!!!

[wladicus]

Hi reacocard: I tried all of what you said but it is not working for me. I am running Kubuntu and but my laptop's touchpad is NOT a Synaptics touchpad. I wonder if that is why this does not work for me?
I created file syndaemon.sh in the Autostart folder and rebooted but it is not working for me. I put the following two code lines into the file:
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File: syndaemon.sh
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#!/bin/sh
syndaemon -i 5 -d
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I also did a chmod a+x syndaemon.sh to make it executable. I really am a novice at this...have been using Linux for about 2 weeks now, so I am guessing at most of this.
Did I write the file correctly? Is it NOT working because the laptop does not have a Synaptics touchpad?
walt