[RESPONDED] Cursor Jumping Backward While Typing on 11th Gen running Linux MATE

[Omnigeek]

Most of the posts here seem to be about keyboard layout but has anyone experienced issues with the keyboard speed? I’m a touch typist and sometimes tend to type very rapidly.

On these occasions, I find weird things happening – like the cursor jumping backward in my paragraph or entry and typing the new letters in odd places. I have never experienced this phenomenon with any other computer I’ve bought or built.

This is an 11th Gen DIY that I just resurrected and updated to BIOS 3.17 Linux Mint MATE 21.1. It was behaving like this using BIOS 3.02 and Mint 20.1.

[MJ1]

How many words per minute do you type / does it take to cause these issues?

[Nich_Trimble]

@Omnigeek

like the cursor jumping backward in my paragraph or entry and typing the new letters in odd places.

Seems like this could be an issue with palm rejection- the trackpad being activated unintentionally?

[Morpheus636]

Is this OS-wide or can you isolate it to a particular program? I’ve heard of such things happening on FireFox but I’m not sure of the specifics.

[Matt_Hartley]

Confirming this is happening on Ubuntu 22.04 (GNOME) as well and is this happening on Wayland if comparing results on Ubuntu GNOME?

[Omnigeek]

@Nich_Trimble

Seems like this could be an issue with palm rejection- the trackpad being activated unintentionally?

No, I don’t think so. I tend to keep my palms elevated with my elbows or forearm on the table for support.

@Morpheus636

Is this OS-wide or can you isolate it to a particular program? I’ve heard of such things happening on FireFox but I’m not sure of the specifics.

It seems to be OS-wide but I haven’t done a lot of typing on applications other than Firefox. I was testing out my Mint install by visiting various community fora when i noticed this.