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Toggle touchpad (enable/disable) in Linux with xinput.
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# type cmd `xinput`, it shows my device X input information as follow | |
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# ➜ ~ xinput | |
# ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] | |
# ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] | |
# ⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=14 [slave pointer (2)] | |
# ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] | |
# ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
# ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
# ↳ Asus Wireless Radio Control id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
# ↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
# ↳ Video Bus id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
# ↳ Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
# ↳ ASUS USB2.0 Webcam id=11 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
# ↳ Asus WMI hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
# ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] | |
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# So my touchpad's ID is 14, then use `xinput disable 14` and `xinput enable 14` for toggling~ | |
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# Following bash script is referred to this askubuntu question: | |
# http://askubuntu.com/questions/751413/how-to-disable-enable-toggle-touchpad-in-a-dell-laptop | |
if xinput list-props 14 | grep "Device Enabled (169):.*1" >/dev/null | |
then | |
xinput disable 14 | |
notify-send -u low -i mouse "Trackpad disabled" | |
else | |
xinput enable 14 | |
notify-send -u low -i mouse "Trackpad enabled" | |
fi |
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@rimutaka thanks for making it one line for no reason to make it harder to read.