But turning it off while typing only to then need it for a bit, open a new tab, look at the source material, or anything else, can be a major pain. Even if it doesn’t, it can be disabled in the Mouse Settings via software. It would be really nice then if Windows could automatically disable the touchpad while typing.Īs we mentioned the last time, most laptops do come with a dedicated key or at least a key combination to disable the touchpad when needed.
Maybe you don’t have a mouse connected to your laptop but the big touchpad isn’t so big at palm rejection as it should be. Today, we’ll discuss something even simpler, with the same purpose, but a different situation.
It was pretty simple unless you happen to have a Synaptics touchpad. The last time we discussed touchpads on Windows 10 laptops, it was to disable the touchpad automatically when an external pointing device such as a mouse is connected.
