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croquagei

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Registered: 2013-10-03

Posts: 5

Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

Hi guys

I'm running an old Asus Zenbook UX21E with an Elantech touchpad

I recently installed Gnome 3.16

I went to Settings > Mouse and touchpad

and much to my horror the option to disable touchpad when typing had vanished.

Any suggestions on why the setting is no longer present or some workarounds to implement it elsewhere?

Odaer

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Registered: 2010-08-14

Posts: 87

Re: Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

I think it is supposed to be preconfigured if you use libinput?

Fenisu

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Registered: 2015-04-13

Posts: 6

Re: Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

Well,
I am facing the same problem with an Asus UX32VD.

Vinibo

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Registered: 2015-04-15

Posts: 3

Re: Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

They disabled it saying that this is the default behavior.
However, I'm also having issues on my Dell XPS 15.

Here's the git commit page : https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-cont … d0c61e3cc0

Fenisu

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Registered: 2015-04-13

Posts: 6

Re: Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

I don't understand.

Before this update, besides the option in settings, I could disable my touchpad with FN +F9, it always worked. But with this upgrade, not even that works.

Vinibo

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Registered: 2015-04-15

Posts: 3

Re: Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

On the Google+ Arch page, some people suggest to install xf86-input-libinput. The package wasn't installed on my machine so it's a good sign.

I can't confirm for sure, but installing the package seems to fix the "Disabling while typing" behavior.

Fenisu

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Registered: 2015-04-13

Posts: 6

Re: Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

When I first upgraded, I had the option to disable/enable, I picked disable and then it disappeared, then my gnome restarted, and when I logged in back, the option was not there anymore, touchpad was not working (I had to use an USB mouse). Then I installed that package and I got the touchpad working again, but still enabled when typing.

Vinibo

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Registered: 2015-04-15

Posts: 3

Re: Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

I might have something!
The key doesn't exist anymore in the Gnome registry.

Here is a command to activate the feature : dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/disable-while-typing true
Basically, it will create the same key as in Gnome 3.14 and will set it to true.

You'll need dconf application to execute this line. I don't think it will be applied to other users also.

brix

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Registered: 2014-05-26

Posts: 69

Re: Gnome 3.16 Touchpad controls - Disable when typing

I might have something!
The key doesn't exist anymore in the Gnome registry.

Here is a command to activate the feature : dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/disable-while-typing true
Basically, it will create the same key as in Gnome 3.14 and will set it to true.

It does, but even on a fresh login has no effect (for me, at least) in Gnome 3.16 with xf86-input-libinput installed. Apparently it's a bug.

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