No "disable touchpad while typing" configuration option

[Deaymon]

I have the problem of wanting to use my touchpad and keyboard simultaneously, but pressing any key makes the touchpad stop working.

After searching about it, it seems there’s a configuration somewhere that disables the touchpad “while typing”. Every thread I found about this issue points towards the “Mouse & Touchpad” settings, but the option that appears on other people’s screenshots is not on my computer?

What to do then? Is my pc unable to stop this behaviour? I’m at a loss here

[janisx]

As you didn’t give specific info about your system. A generic solution is via xorg.conf.d

Create or edit (as root) a config at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-touchpad.conf
for example mine looks like:

Section “InputClass”

  Identifier "touchpad catchall"
  Driver "libinput"
  MatchIsTouchpad "on"
  Option "TapButton1" "1"
  Option "TapButton2" "3"
  Option "TapButton3" "2"
  Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
  Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
  Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
  Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
  Option "CircularScrolling" "on"
  Option "CircScrollTrigger" "0"
  Option "MaxTapTime" "125"
  Option "Tapping" "on"
  Option "TappingDrag" "on"
  Option "NaturalScrolling" "off"
  Option "DisableWhileTyping" "on"

EndSection

Section “InputClass”

  Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
  MatchIsTouchpad "on"
  MatchOS "Linux"
  MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
  Option "Ignore" "on"

EndSection
Section “InputClass”

  Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
  MatchDriver "libinput"
  Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
  Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%"

EndSection

Where Option “DisableWhileTyping” “on” is what you interesting for.

[Deaymon]

Thanks for the response.

I created a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-touchpad.conf file with the following:

Section “InputClass”
Identifier “touchpad catchall”
Driver “libinput”
MatchIsTouchpad “on”
Option “DisableWhileTyping” “on”
EndSection
Didn’t seem to have any effect, even after restarting the system.

What kind of specific info should be required for this case?

[janisx]

If I understand correctly you should write
"Option “DisableWhileTyping” “off” (and not “on”)
as you want touchpad to be active while typing
(for example while playing a game you can use keyboard and touchpad together)
Change this, reboot, and see if it’s working for you.

Also, did you examine if at same directory you have another .conf file with options for touchpad?

[Deaymon]

You’re right, I should have written

Option “DisableWhileTyping” “off”
That actually worked after rebooting. Thank you very much for your help!