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

[Nuno Gomes]

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

--- Comment #2 from Nuno Gomes <nunogomes.pt+kde at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> The "disable touchpad while typing" feature is provided by the Libinput
> library. In KDE code, we provide an option to turn it on or off, but we
> can't control its behavior.
> 
> It sounds like Libinput's palm rejection feature may not be working for your
> trackpad hardware. I'd recommend you either report it to Libinput itself at
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/issues/, or to the Tuxedo
> people if you're using one of their laptops. They'll certainly want to know
> that palm rejection isn't working properly.

I contacted Tuxedo, but they replied saying that «unfortunately we have no
influence. This is more a matter for those who provide this feature, be it Xorg
or Wayland or the desktop environment programmers. From what I’ve heard, this
feature works better under Wayland. But if it doesn’t, then unfortunately our
hands are tied.»

It doesn't seem to be related to the brand of touchpad, as I have the same
problem on a Lenovo T420 - this was my work machine for several years until
recently. However, I never bothered with it because I just used the trackpoint.

I'll report it to Libinput, as you suggest.

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