Trackpad woes
06-22-2020, 03:31 PM
You can improve the feel of the touchpad/trackpad by reducing the minimum speed of the pointer to 0. Here's how.
Manjaro launcher > Applications > Settings > System Settings > Touchpad > Pointer Motion Tab
The reason this reduction of minimum speed works is that the minimum pointer speed sets how far the pointer must travel when a touch is detected. By having the motion move a minimum distance the cursor cannot move a single pixel at a time. The minimum motion setting makes the motion behave as if it is on a grid. That means to get the cursor to a precise position you rely on cursor acceleration setting to add pixel offsets to the grid behaviour. That feels bad like you are overshooting your click targets, or you have to make a second pass to get to the location that you want to put the cursor, or you lift your finger and the cursor the acceleration causes the cursor move an additional minimum distance unit which feels like there is lag on the input.
Manjaro launcher > Applications > Settings > System Settings > Touchpad > Pointer Motion Tab
The reason this reduction of minimum speed works is that the minimum pointer speed sets how far the pointer must travel when a touch is detected. By having the motion move a minimum distance the cursor cannot move a single pixel at a time. The minimum motion setting makes the motion behave as if it is on a grid. That means to get the cursor to a precise position you rely on cursor acceleration setting to add pixel offsets to the grid behaviour. That feels bad like you are overshooting your click targets, or you have to make a second pass to get to the location that you want to put the cursor, or you lift your finger and the cursor the acceleration causes the cursor move an additional minimum distance unit which feels like there is lag on the input.