When I type on my laptop it jumps to where the cursor is
When I am typing away on my Compaq laptop it will suddenly stop and jump to where the cursor is, think i have a sensitive touch pad. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Probably it jumps to the cursor because you accidentally tap on the touch pad. If the touch pad tapping option is enabled, it acts as you click on the left button. That’s why it jumps to the cursor when you accidentally touch the touch pad. Try disabling the tapping option, it should help. Go to the control panel and find out where you can change setting for the touch pad. Disable the touch pad tapping option.
January 31st, 2008 at 3:02 am
With the Synaptics software, this feature is called “Tap-to-click” and is on switchable on the first page of the configuration, which isaccessible from it’s notification area icon.
February 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
The tap function used to do that to me all the time. It would be very annoying because I would be typing a paper and it would highlight and delete chunks of text because I would hit the touch pad. I agree that it’s most likely the tap or tap-to-click function.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Thanks: I have been battling that for a while. Very frustrating. Thank you very much for that tip.
January 24th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
i fixed this by updating my driver for my touchpad, i was told this by the woman at gateway and so far so good