This reminds me of 2012 when they released the unity desktop for 12.04 LTS (the first Unity LTS release, unless I'm forgetting something). Unity adds a lot of keyboard-driven functionality that typically wasn't included in many distros by default.
I was at oscon that year, and I stopped by the Ubuntu booth to ask about all these new fancy features. The guy manning their booth was about 19/20 years old (close to my age at the time), and immediately started showing me all these fancy keyboard shortcuts to search files, open apps, the works. At this point I was having trouble keeping up with the key combos, so I asked him "Those shortcuts look cool, but what if I forget the key combinations? Is there a way to pull up a list, like a cheatsheet?" Without saying anything, one of his fingers twitched, and a list of all keyboard shortcuts appeared on the screen. Then he told me, "You can open up a list of all the keyboard shortcuts as a reminder" It is nice to see that here in 2019, 7 years later, Ubuntu still relies on a keyboard shortcut to teach users how to use keyboard shortcuts. On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 4:10 PM Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Found it! > super held down launches keyboard short cut list. > super 9 launches system settings, then two tabs followed by four right > arrows gets to Mouse and touchpad icon. > Enter then launches the Mouse and touchpad screen. Then three tabs and > Enter toggles the touchpad on. > Now the touchpad is on, and it can be used as usual. > > Easy when you have the secret pirate treasure map: super 9, 2 tabs, 4 rt. > arrow, enter, 3 tabs, enter. > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 3:22 PM Ben Koenig <techkoe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Looks like I need to update my desktop comparison table with the > following: > > +-----------------+ > > | DE | Score | > > +-----------------+ > > | KDE | 1 | > > | Ubuntu | 0 | > > +-----------------+ > > > > Sorry, I like competition. Gotta compare those pros and cons :) > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 6:44 PM Denis Heidtmann < > denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Great idea for a keyboard shortcut. But Ubuntu 18.04 does not seem to > > have > > > a default related to the touchpad. I will have to learn how to create > a > > > custom shortcut. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 8:47 PM Ben Koenig <techkoe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > Wow, according to the manual for the x240 there isn't an Fn > > > > combination to enable/disable the touchpad. And now that I look at my > > > > Thinkpad E485... I don't have one either. Maybe that's the new trend. > > > > > > > > Alternatively, you could set a normal keyboard shorcut in your > desktop > > > > of choice. I'm using KDE5 and the default "toggle touchpad" shortcut > > > > works. I assume that other desktops would offer equivalent shortcuts, > > > > which might be what you want to do here. I'm using <super>+t as a > > > > touchpad toggle. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 6:24 PM Fred James <fredj...@fredjame.cnc.net > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > > > > On my Lenovo X240 I have the trackpad disabled because my errant > > > thumbs > > > > > > have a nasty tendency to move the pointer around unwittingly. I > > use > > > a > > > > > > wireless USB mouse, which is always fine. Except if the mouse > were > > > to > > > > > > fail, I have no way to do anything, including saving, shutting > > down, > > > or > > > > > > other recoveries. This has not happened, but I have tested it > and > > > have > > > > > > found no solutions. The track pointer still moves the cursor, > but > > > > there is > > > > > > no way to "click". The function keys do not include access to > the > > > > track > > > > > > pad. Any suggestions for a recovery should I have a failure? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -Denis > > > > > I am thinking maybe keep a USB mouse on hand (not wireless) ... I > am > > > > > thinking that by switching to that, the box should see it and be > able > > > to > > > > > use it? I am seeing USB meeses for less than $15. > > > > > Hope that helps > > > > > Regards > > > > > Fred James > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PLUG mailing list > > > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug