I searched launchpad and found several related bugs, from different distributions. It seems this has been the case since at least karmic.
I think this is a bug, and several people have reported it over time, but apparently it's not important enough. -- Regards, Marga -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159959 Title: Cursor moves with "Disable touchpad while typing" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1159959/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs