(Solved)Touchpad "tap to confirm" how to turn off?

ka9yhd · 2012-05-18 20:02:13

Synaptics touchpad is clicking on whatever the cursor is on while I am typing.
What apps are in the repos so I can turn off "tap to confirm" function?

Last edited by ka9yhd (2012-06-04 18:42:23)

wuxmedia · 2012-05-18 20:28:10

hi, i'm not sure, but this might be editable via 'settings -> openbox -> Edit autostart' on the right click menu.
then delete the line

synclient TapButton1=1 &

Or like i did move it out of the if - fi thing and comment it out (i quite like the tap thing)
or change it to;

synclient TapButton1=0 &

edit ; have to 'log out' to feel changes or, type into a terminal the same thing minus the '&' for immediate effect.
edit2; tidied up post.

good luck

Last edited by wuxmedia (2012-05-30 23:22:18)

ka9yhd · 2012-05-27 20:23:27

I have installed gpointing-device-settings and turned off tapping. However gpointing-device-settings does not save the changes.

lcafiero · 2012-05-27 20:47:08

Thanks, wuxmedia -- I have been having that problem and put it on my list of things to take care of (it was about Number 27 on the list). That seemed to work.

el_koraco · 2012-05-27 20:48:31

You wanna turn off tapping permanently? Why don't you try this first

 synclient PalmDetect=1

Did things improve? If not, would you like to have the touchpad removed permanently, or do you want a method to turn it on and off?

lcafiero · 2012-05-27 20:54:30

el_koraco wrote:

You wanna turn off tapping permanently? Why don't you try this first
 synclient PalmDetect=1 
Did things improve? If not, would you like to have the touchpad removed permanently, or do you want a method to turn it on and off?

el_koraco -- Do you mean add this to the autostart file? [I don't want to derail the original question, but personally I'd like to turn it off permanently]

Last edited by lcafiero (2012-05-27 21:02:09)

el_koraco · 2012-05-27 21:23:29

lcafiero wrote:

el_koraco -- Do you mean add this to the autostart file? [I don't want to derail the original question, but personally I'd like to turn it off permanently]

Edit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf, add

Option "TouchpadOff" "on"

underneath

MatchIsTouchpad "on"

Restart X, profit. You can turn it on inside X with

synclient TouchpadOff=0

A value of 1 will turn it back off in a terminal prompt.

lcafiero · 2012-05-27 22:23:00

Thanks, el_koraco! That seems to have done the trick, for me, anyway.

ka9yhd -- you may want to try this.

machinebacon · 2012-05-27 22:30:17

^ Hello Larry,

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/To … are_Toggle

is maybe interesting, too. Bind the command to a key in openbox's rc.xml to enable and disable wink

Edit: I see, you want to have it disabled all the time - in this case simpy ignore this post big_smile

Last edited by machinebacon (2012-05-27 22:31:19)

lcafiero · 2012-05-27 23:09:25

machinebacon -- Thanks for that.

I do want it off all the time but ka9yhd, the original poster, may not want that.

So that's good information if you want to toggle this, um, feature big_smile

ka9yhd · 2012-05-28 00:25:10

All I want it to either reduce the sensitivity or turn off tap to confirm.

ka9yhd · 2012-05-30 22:01:07

el_koraco wrote:

You wanna turn off tapping permanently? Why don't you try this first
 synclient PalmDetect=1 
Did things improve? If not, would you like to have the touchpad removed permanently, or do you want a method to turn it on and off?

Did not work. Still tapping on everything.

machinebacon · 2012-05-30 22:03:42

^ check posts #7 and #9, good luck wink

wuxmedia · 2012-05-30 22:29:12

try holding your hands higher when you type lol

'tap to confirm' ?
ie tapping on the pad replicates a left mouse button click?
try the first post...?
as revealed (to me anyway) type it into the terminal to try it out.

 synclient TapButton1=0

reading the

synclient --help

and the man files gave me a million options to muck around with....

maybe try the;

FingerPress             = 256

(although i tried variables from 0 - 10000 nothing changed. not sure how to set that...

from the man file;

Option "TouchpadOff" "integer"
Switch off the touchpad. Valid values are:
0 Touchpad is enabled
1 Touchpad is switched off
2 Only tapping and scrolling is switched off
Property: "Synaptics Off"

so;

 synclient touchpadoff=2

if you dont like the scrolling.
good luck

Last edited by wuxmedia (2012-05-30 22:38:11)

ka9yhd · 2012-05-30 22:58:20

Ok I have followed post #7 edited /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and added Option "TouchpadOff" "on"

Saved changes logged out and back in and still had tapping.
Opened a terminal and issued the command "synclient TouchpadOff=1" And the mouse cursor disappeared. To get the cursor back I had to turn on tapping by issuing the command " synclient TouchpadOff=0"

Yo Wuxmedia:

try holding your hands higher when you type lol

Or should I hold my index finger up high for ya? lol lol lol
Success....
Entering the command "synclient TapButton1=0" in a terminal worked. Thanks. smile

Last edited by ka9yhd (2012-05-30 23:05:41)

el_koraco · 2012-05-30 23:07:01

Ok, create a folder named /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, in there create a file named 50-synaptics.conf, and add:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "TouchpadOff" "1"
EndSection

wuxmedia · 2012-05-30 23:18:07

should I hold my index finger up high for ya? lol lol lol

tongue good comeback lol

typing touchpadoff=1 killed my pointer too. nice hack - that'll stop the wife from facebooking on my lappy glasses

so if tapbutton=0 worked, edit your openbox autostart thing (see post#2) if you want it to stay off.

Tuber · 2012-05-31 20:58:56

You might want to check your function (Fn) keys. My Acer netbook has a key to toggle the touchpad on and off. So does my friend's Toshiba notebook.

ka9yhd · 2012-06-02 18:10:51

el_koraco wrote:

Ok, create a folder named /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, in there create a file named 50-synaptics.conf, and add:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "TouchpadOff" "1"
EndSection

Ok I have created the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf And logged out and back in, now I have a frozen cursor in the center of the screen.
So I remarked out "#" everything in the file I just created, logged out and back in........ Now the cursor is working again.

Tuber:

This also an Acer Laptop Aspire 5100-5022
Function + f7 will turn off the touchpad completely............. That is the cursor is frozen on the screen.

Last edited by ka9yhd (2012-06-02 18:17:32)

wuxmedia · 2012-06-02 19:10:36

i reckon the thing el K suggested is basically the same as typing touchpadoff =1
ie the touchpad is 0ff
i just tried fn+F7 same thing as you, frozen pointer.

so again, if

ka9yhd wrote:

Entering the command "synclient TapButton1=0" in a terminal worked.

then edit your openbox autostart.

via 'settings -> openbox -> Edit autostart' on the right click menu.

edit the line as you, and I, have learnt via the CMD line. to be 'tapbutton1=0'

then bob should be your uncle.

Good Luck

ka9yhd · 2012-06-04 17:27:33

wuxmedia wrote:

hi, i'm not sure, but this might be editable via 'settings -> openbox -> Edit autostart' on the right click menu.
then delete the line
synclient TapButton1=1 &
Or like i did move it out of the if - fi thing and comment it out (i quite like the tap thing)
or change it to;
synclient TapButton1=0 &
edit ; have to 'log out' to feel changes or, type into a terminal the same thing minus the '&' for immediate effect.
edit2; tidied up post.
good luck

This works. Thank you.

I should of tried post #2 in the first place........... D'oh!

lcafiero · 2012-06-04 17:42:45

Don't forget to mark this [SOLVED], ka9yhd -- just go to your original post and edit the subject line.

Forum moderator: Do you think this topic deserves a sticky?

ka9yhd · 2012-06-04 18:42:01

Don't forget to mark this [SOLVED], ka9yhd -- just go to your original post and edit the subject line.

D'oh I forgot.

wuxmedia · 2012-06-04 21:21:53

glad you got it sorted.
big_smile

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