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Questions related to the configuration and activation of touchpads/trackpads.

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How to disable the touchpad?

I want my touchpad to be disabled when I use my mouse. How can I do that? touchpad-indicator has stopped working on 11.10. It used to work on 11.04. Gnome3 is not a solution as I don't like it and find it buggy.
Peng Wu
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Reverse two finger scroll direction (natural scrolling)?

Two-fingered scrolling is working fine, but is there a way that I can reverse the direction (natural scrolling)? It seems backwards opposed to the way OSX does it.
Naftuli Kay
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Is there a way to "restart" the touchpad driver?

I use Ubuntu 14.04 on a laptop, usually with an external usb mouse and keyboard and screen connected. Sometimes, however, I unplug all of them and move the laptop and keep using it with the builtin keyboard and screen and touchpad. At random times…
matteo
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Right click not working on Ubuntu 18.04

I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my HP Pavilion series laptop. After installing this version of Ubuntu, right click is not working of my touchpad. How can I solve this? BTW: This question does not have any solution which which is working for…
sam
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Touchpad gestures to change workspace

I was talking to a friend who owns a Mac. He has his set up so that when he swipes three fingers across his touchpad, it moves to the workspace in that direction. Is it possible to set this up in Ubuntu?
superbriggs
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How to configure the touchpad middle click?

In almost all the large modern Linux distributions and in the last releases of Ubuntu-based distributions the touchpad was configured out of the box to have right, left and middle clicks and you could configure them easily. The middle click is…
Pili
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Enable horizontal scrolling in Ubuntu

There is no option in Mouse & Touchpad Settings to enable horizontal scrolling in Ubuntu 13.04+ (Raring/Saucy/Trusty) (GNOME 3.8+): No horizontal scrolling even by enabling two finger scroll or content sticks to fingers. How is it possible?
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How do I disable touchpad when using a mouse

I can disable my touchpad but if I'm away from my bluetooth mouse or forget my wireless dongle for my backup mouse, I'm SOL. Linux Mint had a nice setting that allowed the touchpad to be disabled when using a mouse. I'm now on Ubuntu MATE 16.04…
user533063
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Disable Touchpad While Typing does not work

I already checked that Option in the Settings but it won't work. I also searched for solutions in this site but none of those work. What should I do?
Kirk Gandril Madraga
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Touchpad Gestures in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Out of the box, I get gestures for scrolling and right clicking. I'm very interested in three finger gestures (like slide three fingers up to see all open windows), but it seems there is no way to get those working. I have tried with the Extended…
Misguided
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14.04 Touchpad is too sensitive

My touchpad is way too sensitive. While writing, the cursor jumps suddenly to the place the mouse cursor is sitting. I am not even touching the touchpad! I had the same problem with 12.04 and recently did an upgrade to 14.04, which didn't solve the…
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How can I disable touchpad while typing? On Ubuntu 16.04 syndaemon isn't working

I want to deactivate the touch-pad while typing. I tried this: syndaemon -i 1 -d -t -K It should deactivate tapping and scrolling on the touchpad for 1 second and ignore modifier+keys combos but after setting syndaemon like described nothing is…
sepplhans
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How do I disable a touchpad using the command line?

Is there a way to disable a touchpad using a terminal command?
Peng Wu
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How to activate Pinch-To-Zoom/Twisting with Synaptics Touchpad?

Where do I find those features? In Ubuntu there's only an option to enable Two-Finger-Scrolling. Greetz.
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No secondary button (right click) on touchpad

I'm experiencing a serious problem with the new Ubuntu 18.04: System Dell XPS 13 with a freshly installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Problem description The touchpad provides only primary button (single click and double click), but no secondary button. In…
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