Disable Trackpad?

[Resist]

Is there any way to disable the trackpad on a Macbook Pro?

I ask because my previous Compaq laptop had a physical button to turn off the trackpad. This was actually very useful in preventing inadvertent actions, with certain programs. Maybe it's not that big of a deal for most people, but after having a computer that was able to do this, it just seems like a nice feature to have.

 

[tjb1]

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/sausagefingers.html

Found that but it appears to only disable the click features, will continue looking.

http://www.tipstrs.com/tip/6021/Temporarily-disable-Mac-trackpad

 

[Resist]

http://www.tipstrs.com/tip/6021/Temporarily-disable-Mac-trackpad

This was a big help, thanks! To bad Apple didn't give us a button for this though.

 

[Resist]

Having a new issue using this Universal Access System preference setting.

After a day or so the "Ignore built-in trackpad when Mouse Keys is on" option becomes unchecked. I can't figure out why this happens. Doesn't seem to matter if my Macbook Pro is completely shut down or in sleep mode. Tried the setting on another Macbook and after a day or so, it also unchecked the option by itself.

 

[Resist]

Getting very annoying now that this feature keeps unchecking itself in preferences, turning it off.