Bug 96314

Summary:	Unable to move cursor while typing
Product:	Wayland	Reporter:	cooks.go.hungry
Component:	libinput	Assignee:	Wayland bug list <wayland-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	cooks.go.hungry, peter.hutterer
Version:	1.2.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description cooks.go.hungry 2016-06-01 18:10:49 UTC

I have found that when having the xserver-xorg-input-libinput package installed I am now unable to move my cursor while I am typing, though I am able to click, but that isn't really much use to me if I can't move it. I am running Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.20.

I initially reported the issue here but thought I should also do so upstream: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-libinput/+bug/1586845

Comment 1 Peter Hutterer 2016-06-01 22:31:37 UTC

I'm going to assume this is an internal touchpad? If so, there is an option to disable DisableWhileTyping (see man libinput), or your desktop environment may expose this option.

Comment 2 cooks.go.hungry 2016-06-01 22:43:31 UTC

Yes I am, ah, how do I use this option? I looked in the manpage but it wasn't completely clear how to use it...

Comment 3 Peter Hutterer 2016-06-01 22:48:37 UTC

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-libinput-disable-dwt.conf
Section "InputClass"
   Identifier "Disable DWT"
   MatchDriver "libinput"
   Option "DisableWhileTyping" "off"
EndSection


restart X and you're good to go. You can enable/disable it at runtime with xinput set-prop "device name" "property name" 0 (or 1), the above is a static config.

Comment 4 cooks.go.hungry 2016-06-02 16:57:13 UTC

The xorg.conf.d folder is non existent on my system in that location so I am unable to find the config file, I have run a 'grep -R DisableWhileTyping' in the /etc directory in fact and found nothing... So where would it be located on my system or do I need to create that directory on my system or...?

Comment 5 Peter Hutterer 2016-06-02 22:24:34 UTC

yeah, just create the folder and create the file to look like the above. sorry that wasn't clear

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