[kde] [Bug 487281] New: Touchpad is not automatically disabled while typing

[Nuno Gomes]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487281

            Bug ID: 487281
           Summary: Touchpad is not automatically disabled while typing
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: nunogomes.pt+kde at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY

When I write on my laptop, as soon as my palms touch the touchpad, the mouse
travels anywhere on the screen and I often see large chunks of text being
selected and replaced by what I'm writing at the moment.
I tried to select and deselect "Disable while typing" in the settings, but the
behaviour is the same whatever option I use, whether I use X11 or Wayland.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open any text editor on a laptop running a Linux distro with KDE Plasma.
2. Start typing.
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT

The mouse pointer goes wild and very often large chunks of text are selected
and replaced by what we're typing at the moment.

EXPECTED RESULT

The working environment/OS is able to properly detect the palms on the touchpad
and deactivate the latter while we're typing.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: TUXEDO OS 3 jammy 22.04 x86_64
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.1.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Kernel Version: 6.5.0-10036-tuxedo (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

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