Bug 449671

Summary: The "Disable touchpad while mouse is connected" option is missing when using Libinput driver
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Peter C. Trenholme <PTrenholme>
Component: kcm_touchpadAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: me, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR Keywords: accessibility
Version First Reported In: 5.24.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Peter C. Trenholme 2022-02-05 22:30:31 UTC 
SUMMARY
The option to automatically disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected is missing in the settings

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Go to settings - input devices - touchpad
2.  Look for the option

OBSERVED RESULT
Option not found

EXPECTED RESULT
Find the option

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma:  5
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Without the option my wife, who has Parkinson's Disease and the typical dyskinesia, cannot type without moving the cursor all over the screen. She also has the bradykinesia symptom, which make the "Turn off while typing." option ineffective. (She tends to rest her arm on the laptop's touchpad
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-02-07 05:12:44 UTC 
We should probably re-implement this when using the Libinput driver, and also integrate it with the touchpad apple's equivalent feature.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-02-07 15:34:48 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 415364 ***