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Created August 2, 2020 06:19
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Toggle touchpad in sway
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toggletouch
#!/bin/bash
TOUCHPAD_ID="$(swaymsg -t get_inputs | grep 'identifier.*Touchpad' | cut -d'"' -f4)" #give me the touchpad identifier
STATE="$(swaymsg -t get_inputs | jq .[0].libinput.send_events)" #check if touchpad is enabled
[ "$STATE" = '"enabled"' ] && swaymsg input "$TOUCHPAD_ID" events disabled || swaymsg input "$TOUCHPAD_ID" events enabled
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grbll commented Jun 13, 2023

The second line doesn"t work (anymore?). Here a fix:

STATE="$(swaymsg -t get_inputs | jq '.[] | select(.identifier=="'"$TOUCHPAD_ID"'") | .libinput.send_events')" #check if touchpad is enabled

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