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I have the opposite problem. I acquired a Surface Pro 8 together with the keyboard. It does "disable touch-pad while typing" automatically and by default, and I

I have the opposite problem. I acquired a Surface Pro 8 together with the keyboard. It does "disable touch-pad while typing" automatically and by default, and I haven't found a way of disabling it in Windows 11. On gnome I can disable that functionality easily, so it doesn't seem to be a hardware thing in the keyboard/touchpad, but on Windows 11 there doesn't seem to be any way of disabling it, built in or 3rd party. Makes it kind of difficult to play certain strategy games and using 3d/animation software when you want to be able to pan with the keyboard at the same time as you're selecting/moving the mouse around.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
>On gnome I can disable that functionality easily My problem with Gnome (on Ubuntu 22.04 at least) is I can't set it to disable the touchpad if an external mouse is plunged in. WHY?! There seem to be some Gnome extensions for that but they never worked for me most likely since I'm on Wayland. Such a basic setting should be available by default, or at least through a cfg file. I guess such a setting is not necessary because my workflow is different than the ones the Gnome devs want me to have. I must be holding it wrong. /s
- capableweb 4y ago
  You mean `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events disabled-on-external-mouse` doesn't work for you? Seems like it's just missing Wayland support if so, file a issue if you haven't already. You might not want to complain about customizability in gnome if you have ever used Windows before, they are on two whole different levels. That `gsettings` even is available is a godsend compared to Windows and macOS.
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    >You might not want to complain about customizability in gnome if you have ever used Windows before Funny that you mention this, but as a long time Windows and Linux user, I find Windows far more configurable (for what I need) out of the box than what vanilla Gnome offers, especially via what the GUI offers in the settings menu. I'm more of an KDE/XFCE man myself due to the available configuration options out of the box and no need for hacky extensions. And if more configurations are needed on Windows, there's always a free easy to use GUI app (like the one featured in this topic) that can be downloaded and it's nearly guaranteed to work despite its age, because unlike Gnome/Linux, Microsoft don't change the APIs/ABIs every six months and break existing apps/extensions. And that's without going into the "this works on X11 but not on Wayland" rabbithole. So you see my good sir, having experienced both sides, I will complain as I see fit about the things that annoy me. But thank you for your suggestion, I'll give it a try.
    - mlatu 4y ago
      do you want to know how to get malware? by following this thought: > there's always a free easy to use GUI app (like the one featured in this topic) that can be downloaded and it's nearly guaranteed to work despite its age im not saying this tool contains malware, im saying, if it's a system function, the system should allow you to configure it. and no, i dont see missing widgets in open source settings panels as the problem since you could easily compile a better settings panel for yourself
      - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
        >do you want to know how to get malware? There are a million other ways you can get malware, including via Gnome extensions. Do you think all the Linux tutorials online that involve the user cURL-ing or wget-ing something and running it as sudo are 100% safe? Then you should not use a PC or an internet connected devices if that's your threat model and do poweruser things without understating fully the risk of what you're doing with sudo/admin privs. Regarding malware on windows apps, that might have been the case during the days of Windows XP but chances of niche Windows apps infecting you is infinitely small these days as windows anti malware is excelent at protection and malware actors have bigger fish to fry like email phishing or targeting mainstream apps that get millions of clicks like VLC or OBS form scummy Google-Ads , not some niche apps that disable the touchpad and get 5 downloads a year. And yes I agree and that's my issue here. Basic settings like turning off the touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in should be a OS provided setting, not be poweruser setting/feature needing workarounds and external downloads with sudo/admin that open attack surfaces on your OS. >i dont see missing widgets in open source settings panels as the problem since you could easily compile a better settings panel for yourself The thing is, I don't want to compile anything for my OS. I used to, as a tinkerer/student, but now as a grumpy grown-up with responsibilities, I have work to do and my free time is precious and want to use it for other hobbies. The OS for me is a tool, not a tinkering hobby project, and needs to do what I need it to do the easy way not the hard way, and I'm willing to pay for it if paid solutions exist. I'm sorry if my POV clashes with the FOSS philosophy.
        4y ago

ChuckNorris89 4y ago

>On gnome I can disable that functionality easily My problem with Gnome (on Ubuntu 22.04 at least) is I can't set it to disable the touchpad if an external mouse is plunged in. WHY?! There seem to be some Gnome extensions for that but they never worked for me most likely since I'm on Wayland. Such a basic setting should be available by default, or at least through a cfg file. I guess such a setting is not necessary because my workflow is different than the ones the Gnome devs want me to have. I must be holding it wrong. /s

capableweb 4y ago
You mean `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events disabled-on-external-mouse` doesn't work for you? Seems like it's just missing Wayland support if so, file a issue if you haven't already. You might not want to complain about customizability in gnome if you have ever used Windows before, they are on two whole different levels. That `gsettings` even is available is a godsend compared to Windows and macOS.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  >You might not want to complain about customizability in gnome if you have ever used Windows before Funny that you mention this, but as a long time Windows and Linux user, I find Windows far more configurable (for what I need) out of the box than what vanilla Gnome offers, especially via what the GUI offers in the settings menu. I'm more of an KDE/XFCE man myself due to the available configuration options out of the box and no need for hacky extensions. And if more configurations are needed on Windows, there's always a free easy to use GUI app (like the one featured in this topic) that can be downloaded and it's nearly guaranteed to work despite its age, because unlike Gnome/Linux, Microsoft don't change the APIs/ABIs every six months and break existing apps/extensions. And that's without going into the "this works on X11 but not on Wayland" rabbithole. So you see my good sir, having experienced both sides, I will complain as I see fit about the things that annoy me. But thank you for your suggestion, I'll give it a try.
  - mlatu 4y ago
    do you want to know how to get malware? by following this thought: > there's always a free easy to use GUI app (like the one featured in this topic) that can be downloaded and it's nearly guaranteed to work despite its age im not saying this tool contains malware, im saying, if it's a system function, the system should allow you to configure it. and no, i dont see missing widgets in open source settings panels as the problem since you could easily compile a better settings panel for yourself
    - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
      >do you want to know how to get malware? There are a million other ways you can get malware, including via Gnome extensions. Do you think all the Linux tutorials online that involve the user cURL-ing or wget-ing something and running it as sudo are 100% safe? Then you should not use a PC or an internet connected devices if that's your threat model and do poweruser things without understating fully the risk of what you're doing with sudo/admin privs. Regarding malware on windows apps, that might have been the case during the days of Windows XP but chances of niche Windows apps infecting you is infinitely small these days as windows anti malware is excelent at protection and malware actors have bigger fish to fry like email phishing or targeting mainstream apps that get millions of clicks like VLC or OBS form scummy Google-Ads , not some niche apps that disable the touchpad and get 5 downloads a year. And yes I agree and that's my issue here. Basic settings like turning off the touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in should be a OS provided setting, not be poweruser setting/feature needing workarounds and external downloads with sudo/admin that open attack surfaces on your OS. >i dont see missing widgets in open source settings panels as the problem since you could easily compile a better settings panel for yourself The thing is, I don't want to compile anything for my OS. I used to, as a tinkerer/student, but now as a grumpy grown-up with responsibilities, I have work to do and my free time is precious and want to use it for other hobbies. The OS for me is a tool, not a tinkering hobby project, and needs to do what I need it to do the easy way not the hard way, and I'm willing to pay for it if paid solutions exist. I'm sorry if my POV clashes with the FOSS philosophy.
      - 4y ago