Is there a way to disable trackpad clicking by touch?

[Peter Van Horn IV]

I don't see any option in the mouse settings area about how to change this.  Thanks

(I keep hitting it accidentally while typing on my tiny netbook) 

Thank You

[supergamer]

Open up the menu and type mouse, you should see Mouse and Trackpad, select that and look around to see if there is an option that suits your needs.

[DeepThought]

Settings - Mouse & Touchpad :

Where it says Device there's a dropbox next to it.
Choose your trackpad/touchpad from the list and use the switch next to it to disable.

[johnausten13]

I am not sure if this still works since I already gifted my Linux Lite Laptop last year.

1. Menu>Settings>Mouse and Touchpad>tab Touchpad> Disable touchpad while typing: set the slider to OFF.


2. Menu>Terminal

a. Copy/paste:

Code:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

b. Copy/paste:

Code:

sudo mkdir -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

c. Copy/paste:

Code:

sudo cp -v /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf

3. Menu>Session and Startup>Application Autostart tab

a. Click Add (+ sign)
b. Fill-out the following:

-- Name: Syndaemon
-- Description: Disable the touchpad while typing
-- Command: syndaemon -i 1.0 -K -R -t
Click OK.


4. Reboot your computer
5. Check if working : Terminal> ps aux|grep syndaemon