415364 – Setting to disable when mouse is plugged in is missing when using Libinput driver
bugs.kde.org

I thought it would be great to spread awareness about this issue, hence I’m sharing it with you here.

In X11 there is a nice feature called “Turn off touchpad while mouse is plugged in” - it’s a lifesaver when you have a laptop with big touchpad; me and lots of people with this issue accidentally hit it all the time while typing.

Plasma X11 touchpad settings

However in Wayland this setting is missing. After some digging people found out that this is not an issue with the libinput driver itself (used for touchpads on Wayland), as it is supporting this feature for a while now; rather it’s an issue with the settings app itself, simply not implementing this feature while using Wayland.

Hope this will get attention from the community, as the recognition from the dev’s side is minimal.

  • meow
    2•1 year ago

    me and lots of people with this issue accidentally hit it all the time while typing.

    Can’t you just use the disable while typing setting?

    • @JokaJukkaOP
      1•1 year ago

      I’ve checked and not only for me this setting does not seem to work on Wayland. It is briefly mentioned in the linked bug report.

      • Hildegarde
        2•1 year ago

        It works for me on wayland. I’m running KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.7.