You can lock your system by default with the following shortcut:
NVDA plus alt plus 'i'.
If you use an actual mouse (not a trackpad), you can set up NVDA to automatically lock that when NVDA starts.
If you go into input gestures through the NVDA GUI, you can assign a shortcut to lock the trackpad.
This is what I use it for. Remember track pads and a mouse Are two different devices. Even though they have very similar functions.
The auto locking the mouse at start up is kind of redundant, because if you assign a shortcut to lock your trackpad, then reboot NVDA, or even your entire computer, when NVDA restarts, the track pedal will still be locked, until you press a shortcut again to unlock it.
I updated my initial post to reflect updated links. Now there is a direct download link as well as the repository for the latest build of Input Lock—v1.1.9 as of this writing.
I also should have mentioned that you can get this add-on directly from the NVDA add-on store from within NVDA's GUI, by pressing NVDA plus 'n', then 't', and finally 'a'.
This will open the add-on store where you can manage, update, add, and remove add-ons. Pressing Control plus Tab will get you to the download page where you can navigate through a rediculous list of add-ons.
Many of the trackpads have a sys-tray app, and in those there may be a disable if external mouse is connected option. Then you just get an old wireless mouse dongle and you're set.
True, that does work. However, doing it through the screen reader means that you're not taking up one of your ports. 😅
Also, some laptops actually have a hardware button built into the keyboard specifically for Locking the trackpad. 😉
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Yes, there is an add-on
The add-on is called "input lock".
It can be found at the following link:
https://github.com/jmdaweb/inputLock/releases/tag/v1.19
A direct download link is at:
https://github.com/jmdaweb/inputLock/releases/download/v1.19/inputLock-1.19.nvda-addon
You can lock your system by default with the following shortcut:
NVDA plus alt plus 'i'.
If you use an actual mouse (not a trackpad), you can set up NVDA to automatically lock that when NVDA starts.
If you go into input gestures through the NVDA GUI, you can assign a shortcut to lock the trackpad.
This is what I use it for. Remember track pads and a mouse Are two different devices. Even though they have very similar functions.
The auto locking the mouse at start up is kind of redundant, because if you assign a shortcut to lock your trackpad, then reboot NVDA, or even your entire computer, when NVDA restarts, the track pedal will still be locked, until you press a shortcut again to unlock it.
Enjoy. 😀
Edited to update links.
Thanks a lot
I found another repo for the ad-on, the one provided in the comment did not work. Thanks again.
Updated links in OP
Hi,
I updated my initial post to reflect updated links. Now there is a direct download link as well as the repository for the latest build of Input Lock—v1.1.9 as of this writing.
I also should have mentioned that you can get this add-on directly from the NVDA add-on store from within NVDA's GUI, by pressing NVDA plus 'n', then 't', and finally 'a'.
This will open the add-on store where you can manage, update, add, and remove add-ons. Pressing Control plus Tab will get you to the download page where you can navigate through a rediculous list of add-ons.
Enjoy! 😃
And the screen-reader independent way is, at least one.
Many of the trackpads have a sys-tray app, and in those there may be a disable if external mouse is connected option. Then you just get an old wireless mouse dongle and you're set.
Re: And the screen-reader independent way is, at least one.
True, that does work. However, doing it through the screen reader means that you're not taking up one of your ports. 😅
Also, some laptops actually have a hardware button built into the keyboard specifically for Locking the trackpad. 😉