The cursor moves when you are typing, causing the text to be entered in the wrong part of the screen. Phil Bull philbull@gmail.com 2009 GNOME Documentation Project Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 When I type, the touchpad clicks randomly and the text goes in the wrong place

You might be brushing the touchpad with your wrists when you type, which could change the position of the text entry cursor.

Click SystemPreferencesMouse and select the Touchpad tab.

Uncheck Enable mouse clicks with touchpad.

This will prevent the mouse from clicking when you tap the touchpad. You can still click using the standard touchpad mouse buttons, though.