Powerbook 12 SD track pad problems
Do any of you experience this problem? I would be typing and suddenly the pointer goes out of whack and clicks over somewhere else. And I dont even really touch the track pad. It's just random. Is this a defect? I even enabled the "ignore track pad" when typing option. Whats up with that? Should I return this?
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Originally posted by jxfreak
Do any of you experience this problem? I would be typing and suddenly the pointer goes out of whack and clicks over somewhere else. And I dont even really touch the track pad. It's just random. Is this a defect? I even enabled the "ignore track pad" when typing option. Whats up with that? Should I return this?
I've seen the same thing happen when I've tried out various latops, I think it's a quirk of having your hand over the trackpage when you're typing.
If I remember correctly, trackpads are electrostatic, and it's possible to trigger them sometimes without actually making contact. I also remember seeing an HP laptop recently that actually had a button by the trackpad to turn it off when you were typing.
Originally posted by jxfreak
Do any of you experience this problem? I would be typing and suddenly the pointer goes out of whack and clicks over somewhere else. And I dont even really touch the track pad. It's just random. Is this a defect? I even enabled the "ignore track pad" when typing option. Whats up with that? Should I return this?
Did you try checking "ignore accidental trackpad input" in the keyboard and mouse preferences?
I have turned "trackpad clicking" off, and the problem has gone away. I dont really mind losing this functionality, unless some clever little programmer wants to make the pad area a left-click and the button a right-click.