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  • Anders StenbergSonnyBonds@mastodon.gamedev.place
    Jul 21, 2026, 7:45 PM

    I've had ""Disable when typing" turned on for my touchpad in KDE, but I've turned it off lately because I needed to be able to drag something with space held. Now I'm _constantly_ accidentally clicking random places while writing because I touch the pad with my palm.

    I can't remember having this issue _at all_ with my previous laptop. Is palm rejection a hardware thing or something that's configurable?

    #kde

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  • Björn Fahllerrollbear@fosstodon.org
    Jul 21, 2026, 7:55 PM

    @SonnyBonds I dunno. I have had, and still have, "disable touch pad when typing" on, and as far as I can tell it does bugger all, because my mouse goes everywhere when I'm typing. So annoying! This is not new. It's been the same thing through at least 5 laptops back.

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  • Anders StenbergSonnyBonds@mastodon.gamedev.place
    Jul 21, 2026, 7:57 PM

    @rollbear That setting actually does what it should for me, but it's a bit annoying because there's a short cooldown after typing before I can move the pointer again.

    Just when writing this I lost focus from this box by accidentally touching somewhere 3 times.

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