How-to: Create a keyboard shortcut to toggle touchpad on Ubuntu
Mar 11, 2017 · 2 minute read · Commentstipsubuntu
I recently got myself a new laptop, a thin and light one. The best thing about it is amazing portability, so I don’t want to hinder it by carrying tons of accessories such as mouse all the time. That means relying on built-in touchpad. And what is the most annoying thing about touchpad? It’s so easy to touch it involuntarily while typing and move the cursor away. Yes, the software that controls the touchpad can disable it when the keyboard is used. Also, there are various sensitivity settings that can be tweaked. But still, it’s not perfect and you get the cursor moved and UI controls clicked by accident, if you’re not careful enough. So, it’s better to disable the touchpad completely when not needed.
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