{"id":2350,"date":"2013-11-25T04:41:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T04:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2013-11-25T05:05:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T05:05:48","slug":"touchpad-indicator-1-0-0-added-disable-touchpad-while-typing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-1-0-0-added-disable-touchpad-while-typing\/","title":{"rendered":"Touchpad Indicator 1.0.0 added &#8216;disable touchpad while typing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-logo.png\" alt=\"install touchpad indicator 1.0 ubuntu\" width=\"235\" height=\"254\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <b><i>touchpad indicator 1.0.0<\/i><\/b> is out! Now it has the <b><i>ability to disable the touchpad while typing<\/i><\/b>. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Linux Mint.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s New in Touchpad indicator 1.0.0:<\/h3>\n<p>The first of changes is the ability to disable touchpad while typing. The new release added an option under <i>Preferences -> Actions<\/i> tab to switch this feature on \/ off. It also allows you to configure the time to wait after the last key press before enabling the touchpad.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2352\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-disable-touchpad-while-typing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2352\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-disable-touchpad-while-typing.jpg\" alt=\"disable touchpad while typing \" width=\"520\" height=\"269\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-disable-touchpad-while-typing.jpg 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-disable-touchpad-while-typing-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">disable touchpad while typing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Touchpad Indicator 1.0.0 also brings following new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Vertical scrolling<\/b>. You can perform vertical scrolling by sliding your finger along the right side of the touchpad.<\/li>\n<li><b>Horizontal scrolling<\/b>. You can scroll horizontally by sliding your finger across the bottom of the touchpad.<\/li>\n<li><b>Circular scrolling<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Vertical scrolling with two fingers<\/b>. You can scroll vertically by sliding two fingers vertically<\/li>\n<li><b>Horizontal scrolling with two fingers<\/b>. You can scroll horizontally sliding two fingers horizontally<br \/>\n<b>Natural scrolling<\/b>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can enable them under <i>Preferences -> Touchpad configuration<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2353\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-two-finger-scrolling-natural-scrolling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2353\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-two-finger-scrolling-natural-scrolling.jpg\" alt=\"two finger scrolling, natural scrolling\" width=\"520\" height=\"269\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-two-finger-scrolling-natural-scrolling.jpg 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/touchpad-indicator-two-finger-scrolling-natural-scrolling-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">two finger scrolling, natural scrolling<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Install Touchpad Indicator:<\/h3>\n<p>The new release is available in developer&#8217;s PPA for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one to install it:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao\/atareao\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, open touchpad indicator from menu r Unity Dash.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atareao.es\/ubuntu\/touchpad-indicator-1-0-0-en-saucy-salamander\/\" title=\"Touchpad Indicator 1.0.0 announcement\" target=\"_blank\">official announcement in Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> I just found a bug that when I enabled &#8216;disable touchpad while typing&#8217; feature and changed the time delay to <b>1<\/b>. The touchpad sometimes doesn&#8217;t re-enabled after typing. If you get the same problem, run command in terminal to enable touchpad:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">synclient TouchpadOff=0<\/pre>\n<p>Then change the time delay to 2 seconds.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The touchpad indicator 1.0.0 is out! Now it has the ability to disable the touchpad while typing. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Linux Mint. What&#8217;s New in Touchpad indicator 1.0.0: The first of changes is the ability to disable touchpad while typing. 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