Add "disable while typing" option

[afoglia]

Binary package hint: kcm-touchpad

A disable while typing option would be very useful. My laptop clickpad is very large and sensitive, and very easy to brush against while typing. Ubuntu's Gnome touchpad control has a "disable while typing option", and it would be nice if Kubuntu had the same. It could call syndaemon to actually change the settings, just like Gnome does.

The kcm_touchpad program that I believe the Kubuntu panel is based on appears, from the screenshots, to already have that feature. Am I wrong? Or is there some logic that might be hiding the controls?

(I'm using package version 0.3.1-0ubuntu7 in 10.10.)

[Ofir Klinger (klinger-ofir)]

This is really weird. kcm_touchpad 0.3.1 seems to have an Smart Mode option that allows the user to choose whether or not to disable the touchpad while typing. At least this is what the screenshots are showing:
http://kde-apps.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=113335&file1=113335-1.jpeg&file2=113335-2.jpeg&file3=113335-3.jpeg&name=kcm_touchpad

Can someone please check why in Kubuntu 10.10 Smart Mode is missing?

[Oliver Joos (oliver-joos)]

FYI: Gnome seems to have problems too with "Disable touchpad while typing" - see bug 240738.