Why my cursor jumps around to various places in the text I type?

Many times I type the cursor will jump and all of a sudden, it is in the middle of a sentence previous, or even paragraph.

Martin B,.

Try to update the drivers for your touchpad, I saw that solve this problem before.

You must contact your manufacturer for the latest drivers.
I hope this helps!

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