Re: How to get touchpad settings back afer (oops!) disabling them?

[JEEnius Shivank <shivanksharma2376543@gmail.com>]

Press Alt + F2

type xfce4-mouse-settings in the search bar

hit enter

use the tab keys to navigate to move the highlighted thing till *Devices* or the *Touchpad* is selected.

Use right arrow key to switch over Touchpad tab if its not active.

Press tab until you highlight *Tap To Click* or enable *Touchpad Clicking*

Shivank Sharma

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:

I run Debian 13 with an xfce4 desktop and I've inadvertently diabled
the touchpad settings.

So I can't actually do anything! The touchpad moves the mouse pointer
around the screen but clicking on anything does nothing.

How can I reset the touchpad to defaults?

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Chris Green
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