Gnome Settings

mouse_track_pad_settings.sh

#!/bin/bash

# (c) 2023//Sam Dennon

# Keep this 'dry'
touchpad="org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad"

# List of gnome settings to change
gnome_settings=(
  "accel-profile 'default'"
  "click-method 'fingers'"
  "disable-while-typing true"
  "edge-scrolling-enabled false"
  "left-handed 'mouse'"
  "middle-click-emulation false"
  "natural-scroll false"
  "send-events 'enabled'"
  "speed 0.0"
  "tap-and-drag true"
  "tap-and-drag-lock false"
  "tap-button-map 'default'"
  "tap-to-click false"
  "two-finger-scrolling-enabled true"
)

# Loop over the setting keys and apply them
apply_gnome_settings() {
  for setting in "${gnome_settings[@]}"; do
    if gsettings set $touchpad $setting; then
      echo "$setting has been set"
    else
      echo "Error setting: $setting"
    fi
  done
}

# Apply GNOME settings
apply_gnome_settings

echo "GNOME mouse and trackpad settings applied successfully."

settings.md

Gnome Settings

Mouse and Trackpad

org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad accel-profile 'default'
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method 'fingers'
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad disable-while-typing true
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad edge-scrolling-enabled false
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad left-handed 'mouse'
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad middle-click-emulation false
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll false
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'enabled'
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad speed 0.0
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-and-drag true
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-and-drag-lock false
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-button-map 'default'
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click false
org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad two-finger-scrolling-enabled true

Usage

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SamEureka/69f8dfd769e554cae93043a87f4d7ed6/raw/74db6da9f6707df2481ace762ef09ac409fd84ef/mouse_track_pad_settings.sh

chmod +x mouse_track_pad_settings.sh

./mouse_track_pad_settings.sh

or

wget -qO - https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SamEureka/69f8dfd769e554cae93043a87f4d7ed6/raw/mouse_track_pad_settings.sh | bash

wget -qO - https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SamEureka/69f8dfd769e554cae93043a87f4d7ed6/raw/90f44e30e6a4c20d905cf3b885f6161e0d8cb4d1/mouse_track_pad_settings.sh | bash

This url works and doesn't have the commit slug:

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SamEureka/69f8dfd769e554cae93043a87f4d7ed6/raw/mouse_track_pad_settings.sh

the Usage instructions have been updated