Question about Laptop Touchpad

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Sometimes when I am typing away on my PC laptop, my hands hit the touchpad and the font size goes all caddywonkers and either increases to 150/200 percent or it goes down to 50 percent.

It's annoying because I have to stop and reduce the font size back to normal.

I checked a few settings but I did not find one that will allow me to terminate that function.

Is there anyway I can do it ?

Thanks.
 
Are you needing to use the touchpad? On my notebook, I turn it off, and most will have this option, usually accessed through the use of the FN key plus one of the F1-12 keys. I of course have to use to mouse to move the pointed, but since this is what I prefer, turning off the touchpad is necessary since the wrist can sometimes glide across it and cause problems as you are seeing.

If you need to keep your touchpad activated, then this of course won't be all that helpful for you. I imagine though that there is a setting in windows to disable the font resizing via the touchpad.
 
Thanks, yeah....I need to use the touchpad to move the mouse and all the other usual functions. I just wish that there was a function to turn off the random font explosions I go through once a day.

It's a HP PC.....I wonder if you can do it with Apples.
 
Their are options I think some where's. I know my laptop I had to configure some sort of sensitivity to avoid my palms from activating it. Should be some sort of touchpad options some where's depending on who made the touchpad.

In device settings in control panel using palm check I think it's called and sensitivity should help the issue.
 
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Simply turn it off via it driver or so anyway, it will help you for the first time in that matter. And use some optical mouse for all your jobs. Touchpad is like 25 years old and very unpractical for basically any jobs out there totally and completely.
 
Zithiel89 said:
Simply turn it off via it driver or so anyway, it will help you for the first time in that matter. And use some optical mouse for all your jobs. Touchpad is like 25 years old and very unpractical for basically any jobs out there totally and completely.
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I figured out the problem and the laptop is gone now.
But, I don't think that touchpads are going away anytime soon.
People use laptops for portability and it's hard to be portable when you have to tote a mouse with you everywhere you go.
And you won't be able to use it in many places....airplanes, fast food, many desks with a lot of clutter on them.
 
Touchpads can be very quirky especially on newer cheaper laptops. Much of the time on WinDOHs uninstalling and reinstalling the driver will help. Sometimes there is an updated driver that works better, especially if the model sold heavily and there are a lot of complaints. A paradox, I know, but pricing and marketing can do that. I have seen wonky touchpads behave themselves after a Linux install, but I have also seen them work worse under Linux.

For touchpads it seems like the older the hardware design, the better it works.

On-keyboard touchpads are a natural choice for laptops. It keeps everything in one unit. Close the lid, grab laptop, and go. Sit down, open lid, and compute. So it is really a shame if the touchpad gives issues. If a driver reinstall (not really an option with Linux... doesn't usually have special drivers for common hardware) doesn't fix it then the stronger medicine is needed. Turn it off, plug in a freestanding USB mouse or touchpad or trackball. The nice thing about that is it can be readily replaced.

You might also as last resort try cleaning touchpad.
 
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