Ok, so Ubuntu 11.10 destroyed your world too? I have't heard of anyone asking for an autopilot for the desktop, so here's how you disable it. Prepare to get back in the driver seat..
The problem
After installing or upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 you are suddenly faced with a setting on how the "Hover Click" should behave. No where is there a disable option. And after googling on it, fighting desperately against your Ubuntu clicking on whatever link your standing on, you finally came here.
The solution
This makes anyone happy – there's a non-geek way to solve this. I have seen all kinds of suggestions on this problem, like editing your xorg.conf. No, please don't do that. Here we go:
- On the top right of your desktop, click on your name
- Click "System settings"
- Click "Universal access"
- Click "Pointing and clicking" tab
- Set "Hover click" to "OFF"
Yep, thats it. Wasn't to hard right?
Thanks for that! The most useless option ever. Cursor jumps around while editing code, huge fail.
Lifesaver. This was the most irritating thing that I encountered with the upgrade to 11.10
thank you sooo much for the info. whoever created the hover click probably never tried it himself. one of the most annoying thing in computer history since windows' blue screen of death !!
Thank you sooooooooooooo much
Ya, everytime i had to make sure, the cursor is at a safe position, could click anywhere, evrywhere. Sigh of Relief now.
Thanks for such an useful information.. it really helped me to solve it. 🙂
thank you so much. it was driving me crazy!
It was annoying me too, thanks you very much.
you sir, are EPIC.
Great Thanks!
AlhamduLILLAH,…. Thanks a lot bro, may Allah gives you "Hidayah"
I love you, I mean, really
Thank you very much. I was finally able to put that annoying thing off
Thanks my friend. You've saved my day! All the best.
Lubuntu doesn't have a universal access option 🙁
thanks alot man… that made my day!