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  • BiscuityCat@lemmy.world
    8·
    8 hours ago

    It would be nice if there was a button or some app that could temporarily disable the keyboard, so it could be cleaned without accidentally changing settings for a running app, writing your boss you are not coming to work on Monday, firing few nukes, or wiping your whole system.

      • BiscuityCat@lemmy.world
        4·
        7 hours ago

        I have the keyboard plugged into a monitor and accessing the USB hub is seriously complicated, so that’s not really an option for me.

        But I could try locking the system. I just hope I won’t lock myself out for few hours, because I have pressed Enter multiple times while cleaning it.

        • papalonian@lemmy.world
          7·
          4 hours ago

          You can use a pair of scissors to terminate the connection anywhere along the wire and it will achieve the same thing

        • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Create a new local user w/o permissions and switch to that login before cleaning it. That way you only lock a fake user lol.

          Guessing unplugging from the monitor is difficult as well?

          • ddplf@szmer.info
            3·
            43 minutes ago

            Why not just write a script that would brick your PC so there is no risk anything would go wrong cleaning, and then just reinstall your OS when you’re done?

    • restingOface@quokk.auEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      I figured there would be a simple setting for that in KDE Plasma, but looking it up, I am just getting results about disabling the virtual onscreen keyboard

      • BiscuityCat@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 hours ago

        I though so as well. However, I don’t even see anything similar to disabling (USB) devices like in Windows.