To disable the touchpad when plugging in an external mouse, and re-enable the touchpad upon disconnecting the mouse, you can use either Dconf Editor or a command.īut before doing this, I recommend tweaking your touchpad settings in Settings -> Mouse & Touchpad. How to automatically disable the touchpad when a mouse is plugged in (GNOME) For the instructions below to work, you'll need to be using the GNOME Shell desktop and libinput. But there's no option to disable the laptop touchpad while using an external mouse, or to disable the touchpad while typing, directly in Settings.īut there are settings for enabling these 2 very useful options, though they are not exposed in the Settings app. You can even disable the touchpad permanently from there. The GNOME Settings app has various options for mice and touchpads, including setting the speed, natural scrolling, and more. GNOME Desktop: This article explains how to automatically disable the laptop touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in and how to disable the touchpad while typing.
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