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[Lisa_T]

Try Virtual Touchpad Cover -google it. It's shareware, but only costs $2 to buy - and you can use it free with a single nag screen when you re-enable the touchpad. You chose which combination of hotkeys deactivates and then reactivates the pad - and it really works! This is one piece of shareware I don't think I will mind actually forking out for.

[DJRJ_AU]

Sweet! Nicely spotted, I'll have a look at this when I get home tonight.



Doug

[grantmaster]

Hey Lisa_T,

Based on your postings that I remember, I see that typing is pretty important to you. :-)

Anyways, That is an interesting software, but have you tried updating the elantech touchpad driver and turning on the "disable when typing" option or something? I automatically stops the touchpad activity when you're typing so that the cursor accidentally quantum leaps. I've been pretty happy with that.

[Mosquito]

I have an Eee 1000 running XP (the 40SSD model, NOT 1000H) and I updated the touch pad drivers, and tried out the "disable touchpad while typing" thing. It worked great while typing, I didn't have any problems with the cursor jumping around on me.

However, this created a lag between when you stopped typing, and when the mouse would work again. It was a short lag, maybe 1-1.5 seconds, but with the amount of mouse-type-mouse operations that I do, that got to be rather annoying, so I turned it off again. I may also have to turn off the two finger zooming as well, since when using firefox sometimes when I try to scroll with two fingers, it ends up zooming instead... Not to mention, having to zoom isn't that frequent of an event for me.

I might have to give this software a try, great find.

[Lisa_T]

I did actually disable tapping while typing, but there can be issues with that. Besides, I like reading on my Eee and using the keys to navigate an ebook is an exercise in RSI I find. It's easier if I can switch the touchpad off altogether for that period and then renable it when I need it. I have mine configured to toggle on/off with the F3 key which isn't in use otherwise, and I find it works well both for extended typing and for times when I simply don't want to be bothered with the touchpad.

(BTW, Grantmaster, your repeated key tip has absolutely transformed my usage of the keyboard!)

[DJRJ_AU]

I liked this program *so* much that I registered it within minutes of installing it on my system. Thank you Lisa for this worthy find.



Doug

[grantmaster]

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(BTW, Grantmaster, your repeated key tip has absolutely transformed my usage of the keyboard!)

:-D

[myfinalheaven]

i noticed if i turn on disable when keying it screws with my 2 finger scroll. my 2 finger scroll with that on ends up only scrolling only once per touch.

[Lisa_T]

I found the same thing, actually. As soon as I turned on the disable when typing option all my scrolling etc options went - which was one reason why I didn't find it a satisfactory solution.

[grantmaster]

Are you guys sure that the latest elantech driver hasn't fixed it? I do remember that at one point i was very disappointed by the two finger scroll (and stopped using it) but now it seems to work fine with the disable when typing option.

[enovy]

The disable while typing messes up my scrolling. I am trying out this software. I have noticed that it works and single left clicks are no longer registered. I also cannot move the mouse when it is on. I was glad to note that two finger scrolling and 3 finger page down and up still worked. I don't think I do any of the multi touches by accident so that is a nice feature to me. I wish I could have used the escape key, function key or window key for my hotkey.

Nice find Lisa.

Edited by enovy, 14 September 2008 - 12:18 AM.