A Python script that toggles the touchpad for Linux via gsettings. Useful when the toggle touchpad function key doesn't work and vendor-specific command lines do not apply to your computer.

toggle_touchpad_gsettings.py

#!/usr/bin/python3.6
import sys
import subprocess

gsettings_schema, gsettings_key = "org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad", "send-events"

def get_touchpad_send_events():
    send_events_value = subprocess.check_output(["gsettings", "get", gsettings_schema, gsettings_key])
    return send_events_value.strip()

def toggle_touchpad():
    # string returned from get is a repr including quotes,
    # but string sent with set does not need to have quotes
    if get_touchpad_send_events() == b"'enabled'":
        newval = 'disabled'
    else:
        newval = 'enabled'
    subprocess.Popen(["gsettings", "set", gsettings_schema, gsettings_key, newval])
    print(f"Set {gsettings_schema}:{gsettings_key} to {newval}")

def main():
    toggle_touchpad()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()