Why the changes to the 18.04 desktop?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Montag, den 19.10.2020, 11:42 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Am Montag, den 19.10.2020, 11:32 +1100 schrieb Owen Thomas:
> > And, I humbly request the following: can 22.04 please allow me to use the facility built into the hardware to disable my mousepad with a shortcut key while I use my keyboard! Having used a Dell for
> > more than a decade, I feel that this feature has been neglected for too long not to have had someone associated with Ubuntu to a deeper level than myself do something about it. I am forever trying
> > to undo whatever happens when my fingers or palm make accidental contact with a mousepad that I cannot disable. This frustrates too!
> 
> With "mousepad" you mean "touchpad", right?
> 
> I'm using a command in my .bashrc file, in order to turn off the touchpad 
> of my laptop. It's easily done when it should always turned off (because you're
> using a mouse and don't need it). If you want to be able to turn it on and
> off via a keyboard shortcut, it might be possible to knit something. 

Come to think of it, I believe the touchpad of my laptop can be turned on
and off with a key combination involving the blue-lettered "Fn" key. You 
might already have what you're looking for.

Volker
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