[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #16281: Option to disable Touchpad
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- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:36:52 -0000
#16281: Option to disable Touchpad
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Reporter: Pete | Owner: PreetpalKaur
Type: enhancement | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Preferences/Input | Version: R1/beta2
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: 11673 | Blocking:
Platform: All |
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Comment (by Pete):
Replying to [comment:6 humdinger]:
[snip]
I know all this is again wasting your time (and mine), but I felt the
need to point out the needless rudeness. Lest people think the rough tone
isn't minded by the Haiku dev community and people get discouraged getting
involved or in case of Diver, get the feeling they better not triage
tickets in the future to avoid being lambasted for it.
Obviously our perception differs here. I found the abrupt closure to be
rude, which I don't think was an unreasonable feeling. It certainly had a
discouraging effect on ''me''! Let's leave it there, and I'll try not to
be abrasive in the future!
Back on topic:
Padblocker is not the same thing! It just temporarily blocks the
touchpad when the mouse is moved, which is no use to me. I'm not using the
mouse when I accidentally hit the touchpad while using the keyboard[...]
AFAIK, Padblocker does not block the touchpad when the mouse is moved,
but while the keyboard is used. Which does sound like what you want. Only
that you prefer to disable the touchpad completely, all the time, once
your mouse is plugged in.\\
I wouldn't want that done automatically though - I also use an external
mouse, but still use the touchpad at times.
Yes -- major apologies on this. Bad memory warp. That's what it does:
block pointing devices when a key is hit. When I originally broached the
topic on the mailing list, PadBlocker was mentioned, so I tried it, but
couldn't get it to work at all. And Adrien pointed out that it would
block the mouse as well.
I didn't pursue trying to use it for a couple of reasons: I don't want
the mouse blocked, and it doesn't activate until a key is hit whereas an
accidental pad touch can happen any time!
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