sandreas 7 hours ago

How does the Palm-Detection work? To test this, you can do the following: Place your palm where the X-es are, then try to scroll with two fingers or move your mouse. I don't like that the mouse does not react anymore if the palm is placed there - it should just be ignored.

  ┌─────────────────────────┐
  │XXX                      │
  │XX                       │
  │X                        │
  │                         │
  │                         │
  │                         │
  │                         │
  │                         │
  └─────────────────────────┘
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  • ToDougie 5 hours ago

    My Dell Precision laptop running Win11 handles this perfectly. Wish I had tried this sooner :P

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  • Retr0id 7 hours ago

    I performed your test and mouse movement and two-finger scrolling still works if my palm is there. Even 3-finger window switching gestures. My palm is effectively ignored.

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    • sandreas 4 hours ago

      So this would mean that either my configuration is bad or it might be a hardware limitation. So if you don't mind I would love to see your

        gsettings list-recursively | grep 'peripherals\.touchpad'
      Here is mine (before you ask, disable-while-typing=false does not fix my problem) :

        org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad accel-profile 'default'
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method 'fingers'
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad disable-while-typing true
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad edge-scrolling-enabled false
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad left-handed 'mouse'
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad middle-click-emulation false
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll true
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'enabled'
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad speed -0.044999999999999998
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-and-drag true
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-and-drag-lock false
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-button-map 'default'
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click true
  org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad two-finger-scrolling-enabled true
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      • Retr0id 3 hours ago

            org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad accel-profile 'default'
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method 'fingers'
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad disable-while-typing false
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad edge-scrolling-enabled false
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad left-handed 'mouse'
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad middle-click-emulation false
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll true
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'enabled'
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad speed 0.0
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-and-drag true
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-and-drag-lock false
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-button-map 'default'
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click false
    org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad two-finger-scrolling-enabled true
        I have a feeling the magic here is happening in apple firmware, rather than driver or software.
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    • philjohn an hour ago

      OK, now move your palm over half, and then over 3 quarters of the trackpad. Two fingers to scroll still works.

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