[lubuntu-users] Keyboard shortcuts (for touchpad enable/disable)

[Basil Fernie]

This is beginning to sound rather easy to implement: have a little 
listener process monitoring keyboard activity.. whenever a key is 
pressed, the touchpad is automatically set "off" for say 500-600ms, 
after which it is set "on" again. No need to fiddle with drivers, 
key-combos... User must be able to set delay, with delay=0 meaning 
touchpad permanently off.

Any takers?

Basil


On 09/06/2016 11:35 PM, Mark F wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Mark F <azdays15 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:azdays15 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > I use Windows-key + Space-key. I don't recall hitting it by accident.
>
> Upon further reflection, that could be because I don't make use of any 
> keyboard shortcuts on a regular basis. Maybe if I were in the habit of 
> hitting various key combos I could empathize with Aere's caution.
>
> But, it seems like that would happen with any keyboard shortcut. I've 
> been using ctrl+alt+f1 to bring up a console (then ctrl+alt+fn+f7) to 
> go back to the desktop (a workaround for the mouse cursor disappearing 
> after locking/unlocking the screen). If I accidentally hit that, I 
> would know how to undo it.
>
> I can see how, if someone didn't know of the shortcut they could cause 
> Aere's situation to arise.
>
> But, It's possible I could hit a different key (in the scenario I 
> described above) and get something I wouldn't know how to get out of. 
> It's not like the touchpad scenario doesn't already exist(?) in other 
> ways.
>
> A solution would be if the on/off toggle were a GUI under 
> menu-settings, and the shortcut could be enabled/disabled there? Then 
> the user would have a reasonable expectation of knowing about the 
> shortcut if someday they accidentally toggled the touchpad.
>
> About the documentation of keyboard shortcuts, I often wish Lubuntu 
> had a "Welcome" screen after installation, like Mint does. Things like 
> keyboard shortcuts could fit there. I'm sure experienced users think 
> that would be lame. But, the way Windows is becoming controversial 
> with its users, it seems to me like it would be good to have the 
> basics presented to new users. It's not that bad to check "Don't show 
> me again."
>
>

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