Why does my MacBook Pro cursor jump while typing?

Exact same here! I was wondering if I was having a mini stroke and kept typing words backwards. As soon as I start typing, the cursor jumps to the front of the word and keeps rearranging the letters in that word. Ridiculous.

It's not this. This has been happening to me on my brand new M3 Macbook Pro and it happens when my hands are lifted in the air. I'm currently using a beta version of Sequoia which may be why this happens so frequently, but either way it's not the trackpad issue. I already disabled tap-to-click in the settings and the issue persists, and I've caught it happening while both hands are in the air immediately after I finished typing a line.

It's been happening for years, both on my Macbook with the large trackpad as well on my new Mac mini. Hard to think it's a hardware issue, but it might be. I'm forever having to undo typing strokes because all of a sudden my cursor has jumped to a different place. Happens a lot in Word (Microsoft 365).

I have a 2023 M2 Pro just jumped to Sequoia and I have had the same issue for months. I believe I have noticed that it might have something to do with the field I am typing in. There doesn't seem to be an issue with me typing in this box Reddit is fine aswell as most local applications. However I do have the issue on Facebook's page and some local applications. Anyone else see that? Is the driver for my track pad busted?

Did you solve the problem with the new MacBook? I have also tried external keyboards and changing settings, but the problem is still there.

I am having this issue for some time happening at times mainly while keying in passwords. I am also having issue of un controlled scrolling down sometimes, even after disabling inetrtia scrolling.

Try using an external keyboard & mouse instead to see if you still encounter the issue. This is to make sure you are not accidentally brushing the trackpad while typing.

If the issue also occurs with an external keyboard & mouse, then you have a hardware issue with the laptop. Either the Trackpad is failing, or maybe the battery is starting to swell & is pushing against the Trackpad causing the Trackpad to misbehave.