Apr112011

Why is my cursor jumping around randomly while I type?

Raj Bikkani asks:

While typing my courser goes to back and forth. Example if I am typing line no 5 the courser suddenly jumps to line 3 like that.



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Tina

April 11, 2011

Raj,

are you typing on a laptop and / or is there a touchpad? Maybe you hit the touchpad with your hands will typing. Just turn off the touchpad and the cursor should stop jumping around.

Also check out the answers to the following questions:
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Tina

April 17, 2011

Raj,

were you able to fix your jumping cursor? Please let us know in case you need more help. Thank you!

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Paul Gee

October 19, 2011

sorry but this old chestnut that it is caused by the accidentally thumbing the touchpad is just that. I have had this problem with a Tosh R500 notebook for a year or more and it is not helped by swithching off the touchpad. Many others find the same. What it IS is another matter :-) A Windows keystroke gremlin?

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November 17, 2011
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Mars Venus

January 15, 2012

I read to install the Elantech touchpad driver (I got it off of the Dell website), it has solved the problem completely.