The Run Command dialog keeps opening while I type.

[DarkReverend]

the run command dialog (I think this is krunner?) keeps opening and grabbing focus while I type. I suspect it's something to do with my touchpad, as the touchpad on the Thinkpad W540 kinda sucks, but I'm nowhere near the F2 key and something is definitely triggering it. I can't figure it out, and google has proved fruitless in my search. Any help would be greatly appreciated before I disable it entirely from my system. I'm on Kubuntu 14.04.1 LTS

[Rog132]

What has the focus ?

If no application or plasma widget has been selected the KRunner will auto-launch - this has been the default from the 2011 : https://liveblue.wordpress.com/2011/...unch-feedback/

...In the end of February, I pushed a new feature that launches KRunner automatically whenever the user starts typing and no plasmoid is focused, so that one doesn’t need to push ALT+F2 before using it...

KDE UserBase: https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Krunner

[DarkReverend]

So then my problem is actually that something is losing focus and my typing gets picked up by Krunner...Unfortuantely, I still don't know how that's happening and there's apparently no settings to disable this feature. The problem is this is happening while I'm typing in Kate or Eclipse.

[Rog132]

So then my problem is actually that something is losing focus...

Running a quick search - it seems that you not the only one: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...-window-in-kde

[vinnywright]

not that this is happening to you ,,,,,,,,but , I have had similar things happen , it turned out (for me) that the track pad on the laptop was so sensitive that if I am typing AND the cursor is off the window a mere brush of my palm over it will give focus to the desktop (or wherever the cursor is) ,,,,,,,if the cursor was on the desktop ,,,,,,,,Krunner launches

try system settings>input devices>touchpad>enable/disable touchpad tab> and check disable touchpad wile typing and increase the time out time , then click apply .

VINNY

[DarkReverend]

The touchpad does suck, but I couldn't pinpoint an issue with it selecting the desktop. it's possible it selected something else, though I don't know what. I changed it to disable when I have a mouse plugged in, and it hasn't happened since. the problem is that the touchpad is a click pad and doesn't have separate hardware buttons, so I can't click the mouse from the keyboard if I disable it.

[oshunluvr]

Have you changed any of the default key settings? @here ALT-F2 opens krunner, not F2.

[vinnywright]

The touchpad does suck, but I couldn't pinpoint an issue with it selecting the desktop. it's possible it selected something else, though I don't know what.

if the desktop is clicked , it is selected and has focus ,,,,or if nothing else is selected or has focus,, the desktop dose .
If the desktop has focus ,,,just typing will launch Krunner.

I changed it to disable when I have a mouse plugged in, and it hasn't happened since.

did you try checking disable touchpad wile typing and increase the time out time , then click apply .

VINNY