How to Fix Annoying Cursor Jumping Problem While Typing Documents in Laptops?
Today I’m going to talk about one of the most irritating, annoying and frustrating problems I have ever encountered while using laptops. The problem occurs while typing some text. It doesn’t matter what and where are you typing, you might be typing in Microsoft Word or a web browser or anywhere else. When you are typing some text, the mouse cursor automatically jumps to a different location and if you don’t notice it and keep typing, you may end up with an unpredictable document which might look written in an alien language.
In past I was using Dell XPS 1530 laptop and I never faced such problem but when I got another laptop Dell XPS M15, I started having this annoying problem. I double-checked that my hands were not touching the touchpad accidentally. In fact I tried to type some text while looking at the keyboard and touchpad and still the cursor jumped to a different location.
First I thought that its a problem in my laptop but then I searched on Internet, I found there are many people who have faced the same problem while using a laptop with touchpad. Most of them were using laptops of Dell, HP or Sony.
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So its definitely a problem present in some laptops and not in your hands. So what’s the solution? How to fix this annoying cursor jumping problem?
Here is the answer! I found that a freeware “TouchFreeze” can fix this problem. It has been suggested by lots of people in Microsoft communities as well.
TouchFreeze is a free software which automatically disables the touchpad of your laptop as soon as you start typing. Since the touchpad is disabled, the cursor will not jump automatically while typing.
You just need to install the software and it’ll sit in system tray. Its very simple to use and doesn’t need any configuration. If you want to close it, you can right-click on its icon in system tray and select exit option.
If you are using a laptop and facing similar problem, you can give this freeware a try using following link:
Download TouchFreeze for Windows
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UPDATE:
Windows 8 and later operating systems come with a built-in option to prevent accidentally moving cursor while typing. You can find this option in PC Settings (Metro Control Panel).
1. Open Charms Bar by moving your mouse cursor to top-right or bottom-right corner of screen and then click on Settings option.
2. Now click on “Change PC settings” option given at the bottom.
3. It’ll open Metro Control Panel or PC Settings page. Now go to “PC and devices -> Mouse and touchpad“.
4. Now you just need to change the value of “To help prevent the cursor from accidentally moving while you type, change the delay before clicks work” option. First change its value to “No delay (always on)“. If it doesn’t work for you, try to change its value to “Long delay“.
It should permanently disable the annoying cursor jump problem.
Have you also faced this problem while using a laptop? Feel free to share your experience in your comment…
Perfect !
Worked first try with minimal amount of effort
top score
@Robert, Thanks for your patronising two cents but it is annoying if you are looking at the screen or not, the problem is with the tech.
Thanks, I downloaded touch free software, installed it and the problem disappeared as it was never. On this laptop, We had been facing this problem since last two year, I discussed it so many times with my vendor but I didn’t find the solution. But this software worked amazingly.
Thanks you so much
I am using a Toshiba Satellite C55-B5299 laptop. Originally it’s operating system was Windows 8.1 and the problem with the mouse cursor jumping all over the place while I am typing and the fonts will get very big or very small, was there from day one. then we upgraded to Windows 10 and it is even worse. Am fed up. Please help me.
Thank you in advance.
download my laptop it work thank for help
I have been having the same problems discussed above, and tried various solutions. Finally I did the following, and all the jumping disappeared:
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Procedure for installing (updating) Synaptic Pointing Device Driver
(Installation has the effect of eliminating unwanted skipping while typing associated with thumbs being close to the touchpad)
Select Orb and type “synaptic touchpad”
Click “Synaptic Touchpad” folder
Click “Setup”
Continue and install Synaptic Pointing Device Driver
Re-start laptop
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i always use touch pad on my laptop but now i can only use the stupid touch screen which i hate, how can i simply get it back? the cursur has disappeared too, No One can help! can you?
If you would have done more research you would have found this problem is not just on a laptop its desktops also and most don’t use a touch pad . Seems to be really bad on FB and then the you can’t post and have to refresh and of course they are useless and MSN is useless too
Touchfreeze worked perfectly fine for my Sony Via E series Core I5 as well.
LOOK I WAS PLAGUED WITH THIS IRRITATING THING FOR AGES UNTIL ONE DAY I SAT THERE AND THOUGHT THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING ON MY LAPTOP THAT WILL SHUT THIS TOUCH PAD DOWN AND LOW AND BEHOLD I FOUND IT. I HAVE A SAMSUNG LAPTOP AND I FOUND THAT IF I PUSHED DOWN THE FN KEY THEN THE F10 KEY IT ACTUALLY SHUTS DOWN THE TOUCH PAD AND IT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU IT HAS DONE IT. I ALSO HAVE A TOSHIBA SO I AM GOING TO TRY IT WITH THAT AS WELL. HOPE YOU WHO READ THIS HAVE THE SAME JOY THAT I EXPERIENCED.
Rob: the way you type has nothing todo with the cursor jumping all over the place.I
Rob: Typing styles has nothing at all to do with the problem. I have been a trained ‘typist’ since 1967. There is no way my wrist etc. touches the touch pad – which I have disabled. Tried typing with just one finger, and still had the problem with last computer, and now with my new computer. Definitely a Microsoft software problem. Gabrielle
I am facing the same problem on my Laptop Dell Inspiron 4050. the touchFreez software resolved my problem and i am so happy
I tried every possible suggestion I found.. Changed settings on keyboard, mouse, reinstalled windows 10, updated Lenovo settings on my laptop, and still the cursor kept going jumping to beginning.. I finally called Lenovo, and they suggested I gently lift with BACKSPACE BUTTON with a thin edge and clean…Presto problem solved
My problem: cursor re-positions itself sporadically while typing or paused. Quite annoying.
Solution: re-position cell phone a minimum of 5 feet from the mouse. Voila!
I suppose that other wireless devices might cause a similar issue.
very easy change the board you write on.or the key pad. u buy a new one and u can fix urself. u can make sure before doing anything.is get a key pad from a pc and stick it to ur laptop and see it will not jump.
Your problem is exactly as follows: Your laptop is being remotely accessed and the interaction of the app settings are changing your settings in the process. Microsoft and Google do this a lot especially of late due to the growing security upgrades and further growing blockchain community. Also for Build purposes to implement releases for Windows 10. To fully remedy this, join the Microsoft Insiders program and offer support and help that way you can utilize the experience and grow your skills and knowledge. This will help you sync your movements and actions to make your future web use more productive and less of a hassle. Check your keyboard settings and mouse settings frequently as well as language, this includes the on screen keyboard and the onscreen mouse. This will also let you know if malicious malware and web intrusion is taking place that is not your administrator, also being your network security asset or the one that updates your device. I have this problem all the time and unless you use the same settings as what is being used it is hard to fully avoid 100% due to the way the remote app and third party software interact with your device and apps.
It’s not the touchpad and nothing to do with mobile phones. This happens to me on my desktop as well as my laptop. It’s particularly annoying when I’m trying to log in to websites and the thing jumps to the password field before I’ve finished typing.
I’ve always assumed that it’s something to do with the order in which the page loads its various elements.
Yes, I /am/ looking at the keyboard while typing – for some reason, my school didn’t anticipate the computer revolution and completely overlooked the fact that people would need to be able to touch-type to use the keyboards of a device that didn’t exist at that time. (The last comment is in response to the patronising and arrogant comment about ‘poor’ typing habits, as though such things are a choice made by the user.)
I’ve read many of your responses and I have found it is NOT the user causing the problem. I’ve had the same laptop for a number of years and thand had no problem at all. The problem with mine started when Microsoft updated to 16. I have done everyone of the “fixes” and none of them work. It is definitely a software problem. It is horrible to deal with this problem.
I have had the same problem with the cursor jumping somewhere else while typing. Go to Mouse and then to Elan (smart pad). check “Disable when using external USB device plug in”
VG – EXCELLENT – THANK YOU
As it seems like I have had this jumping curser problem for years. I came across your website by chance. Read your info on this issue. I then down loaded the free software and within seconds the problem was 100% resolved. I have been typing on the same laptop for days now and the curser has not jumped once.
Thank you once again.
William.
I wiped off my computer screen and the curser stopped moving around
It seems strange that the problem of a touch pad causing a cursor to jump around on screen and to create a new, unwanted insert point happens, as it seems, primarily in GMail and hardly ever anywhere else.
My solution – as low-tech as it gets – is to place a 5×8 inch index card over the touch pad before writing GMail messages. So far at least, this has totally eliminated the problem. The cursor or text tool has not jumped around at all and there have been no unwanted insert points.
It is a good feeling not being annoyed.
It has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOUCHPAD.
The cursor jumps back to where you first placed it.
The only fix I’ve found is to place the cursor in a non-working area of the screen shortly after starting to type.
My problem is that the mouse cursor jumps one character left immediately I press the right-arrow key. For example, I often type ‘teh’ instead of ‘the’. When I try to correct this by deleting the ‘e’ and putting the cursor at the end of the word to add ‘e’ here, I find the cursor has jumped left, and I thus end up tying the ‘e’ in the wrong place again. I do a LOT of typing and it is absolutely maddening. I am on Windows 7 and using an ordinary Dell keyboard which otherwise works perfectly. Any clues/suggestions?
I am not able to move the page for reading and writing
cursor is jumping all over the screen on windows 10
I have the exact problem with my Windows 10 laptop.
Can’t seem to to find the mouse and touchpad setting mentioned near the bottom of the post about Windows 8 and above.
Just tried TouchFreeze. So far it seems to work as described in the post.
I am facing this problem only when the “Google Input Tools” extension is added to the browser. This happens to the first word you type and after pressing the “space bar.”Also this “Google Input Tools” has become a pain as if you try to edit what ever you typed, the whole process goes hay wire. What ever you type wont appear on the line. And most of the time if you press enter or space again, what ever you typed previously (whole sentences or paragraphs) gets pasted multiple times. If you type to “Delete” or press “Back space”, The action will take place elsewhere on the typed matter and will start making you mad. Only solution I found is to disable “Google Input Tools” extension, delete the whole typed matter and and start all over again. No help from Microsoft or Google. They blame each other for this “erratic behavior” of the system without solving the problem.
I also have a Dell & this happens to me too. I spent 5 minutes typing a comment on youtube before the screen jumped 2 videos ahead, even though there were no other videos queue. It also just did it to me while typing this. I know I didn’t touch the pad. I’ve actually clicked on the comment box before, being very careful NOT to touch the keypad & this still happened to me. It’s rare, but it happens often enough that I looked up why this happens…