Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
In Manjaro Xfce, while typing, the touchpad doesn’t work, which is a default setting in this Desktop Environment (DE)
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As There is no setting in Mouse and Touchpad Settings to switch this feature off using the GUI, you can do this by:
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Go to Add/Remove Software
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install
xorg-xinput
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Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and execute:
xinput
This will display Input devices in your Computer. Under Virtual Core Pointer, look out for your touchpad name and note down its ID.
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Execute:
xinput list-props ID
Where
ID
is the number that came up in step #3 E.G.12
That command will display different kind of touchpad settings
look forDisable while typing Enabled [number] 1
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1
meansYes
in boolean so we have to make this0
by executing:xinput set-prop [your touchpad id] [touchpad settings number] 0
E.G.
xinput set-prop 12 302 0
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That’s it! You’re done!