Although it’s from 2011, we found Touch Tamer worked on our Dell laptop running Windows 10. It can block the actions of left and right touchpad clicks as well as the cursor moving too far while typing on your keyboard.
This small utility is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey. Although it is supposed to work with Synaptics touchpads, the option wasn’t available with our Dell Synaptics touchpad. An option that may be greyed out is fully disabling the touchpad with a keyboard shortcut. Touchpad Blocker can also be turned on and off temporarily using a defined hotkey, the default is Ctrl+F9. This can be individually configured by the “Also block move and wheel events” and “Block accidental taps and clicks” checkboxes. If you set it to 1, the cursor cannot move and no clicks register until 1 second after the last keypress. The time interval to block clicks and movement is between 0.1 seconds and 3 seconds. This is the only tool in the list that has been updated in the Windows 10 era (2016).Ī valuable option is the one to set the threshold at which the touchpad will be able to move again after you stop typing. Do note that clicks and movements from a standard mouse are also blocked during typing with Touchpad Blocker. An advantage this tool has is there are some useful configuration options so you can at least set a few things up to your liking. Touchpad Blocker blocks clicks during typing which helps prevent the cursor from involuntary jumping.
Here we have found 5 options for you to try out. There is plenty of software around to disable the mouse/touchpad and keyboard completely, but less available to only disable the touchpad while you type on the keyboard.
On some laptops, you can use hotkeys like Fn+F7 to disable the touchpad, but many computers don’t have such a function either built in or via the touchpad’s own driver software. It’s not hard to often find yourself touching the pad or buttons with the palm of your hand while typing and moving the cursor from the current position to another part of the page. The problem with trying to use your standard laptop keyboard in a comfortable position is the touchpad happens to be rather inconveniently placed. Many users that do serious work while the computer is in a static position on a desk or table might use an external keyboard and mouse to make things more comfortable. If you spend several hours at a time working on your laptop computer, it is important that you make sure to sit with the correct posture and try to use your touchpad and keyboard from the correct angle to put less stress on your arms or wrists.
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