switch off auto-selection of text (or what ever it is called ..)
Peter Flynn
peter at silmaril.ie
Wed Dec 27 00:26:56 UTC 2017
On 26/12/17 13:57, robert wrote:
> On 26.12.2017 14:31, Peter Flynn wrote:
[...]
>> I have the identical problem...on my XPS 15, and AFAICS its the
>> touchpad hardware settings.
>
> oh, good so we can start to console each other :)
Maybe a mutual moaning forum about the deficiencies of an otherwise
excellent machine :-)
>> The XPS 15 touchpad is GROSSLY oversensitive,
>
> yes, it is very sensitive
It's also much bigger than on my previous machine, so I keep brushing it
with one hand while clicking or moving with the other. Just a matter of
training.
On 26/12/17 22:14, Owen Thomas wrote:
> I have a Dell Latitude E5570, and I know well the frustrations of
> the Dell touchpad. I had an HP once running Windows 8 (I think?), and
> I found the feature where the touchpad could be disabled while one
> is typing to be very useful. So far, I have not been able to find or
> enable the same functionality in Dell that can be used in Ubuntu.
I have seen that, either in the BIOS settings (hunt) or in the system
settings, possibly while I was testing other distros (Bodhi would be a
good start). I though of turning it on but (a) I had never used it
before, so I didn't know how it would work (ie how would it detect
starting to type continuously from just pressing a couple of keys in
answer to a prompt?) and (b) at the time I didn't want to go changing
something extra while I was still trying to get a full install to work.
> However, it seems that I may have provided a clue as to Robert's
> (and indeed my) problem. Perhaps something will come of this...
> perhaps someone from Dell is listening.
I don't think Dell are either listening or interested. Big corporations
tend to lose interest once you have bought their kit.
///Peter
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