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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic"
id="disable-touchpad">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="mouse#behavior"/>
<link type="guide" xref="mouse-preferences#touchpad"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="mousekeys"/>
<desc>
Disable the touchpad permanently, or just when you plug-in a mouse.
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-22" status="draft"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
<license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
<!-- <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> -->
</info>
<title>Turning-off the touchpad</title>
<p>
To disable the touchpad:
</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
Click <guiseq><gui>System</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mouse</gui></guiseq>
and select the <gui>Touchpad</gui> tab.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Uncheck <gui>Enable touchpad</gui>. The touchpad will be turned-off
immediately.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="important">
<p>
If the touchpad is your only pointing device and you accidentally turned it
off, you can turn it back on again using just the keyboard.
</p>
<p>
Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, type
<cmd>gconftool --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/touchpad_enabled -t bool True</cmd>
and press <key>Enter</key>.
</p>
</note>
<section status="incomplete">
<title>Disable the touchpad when a mouse is plugged-in</title>
<comment>
<cite>Phil Bull</cite>
<p>
This section needs fixing-up to provide useful advice. It's basically
working around a feature request bug.
</p>
</comment>
<p>
There is currently no simple way of having your touchpad automatically
disabled when a mouse is plugged in.
</p>
<code>
gconftool --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/touchpad_enabled -t bool True
gconftool --set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/touchpad_enabled -t bool False
ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", ACTION=="add", RUN+="synclient touchpadoff=1"
ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="synclient touchpadoff=0"
</code>
</section>
</page>
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