Script to toggle Thinkpad Keyboard+Trackpoint on and off

togglekeyboard.sh

#!/bin/sh

# inspired from https://askubuntu.com/questions/160945/is-there-a-way-to-disable-a-laptops-internal-keyboard

KEYBOARD="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
MOUSE="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"
KEYBOARDMASTER="Virtual core keyboard"
MOUSEMASTER="Virtual core pointer"

ICON=~/bin/keyboard-on.png
ICOFF=~/bin/keyboard-off.png

if [ x"$1" == 'xon' ] ; then
                notify-send -i $ICON "Enabling keyboard and Trackpoint..." \ "ON - Keyboard connected!"
                xinput reattach "$KEYBOARD" "$KEYBOARDMASTER"
                xinput reattach "$MOUSE" "$MOUSEMASTER"
elif [ x"$1" == 'xoff' ] ; then
                notify-send -i $ICOFF "Disabling keyboard and Trackpoint..." \ "OFF - Keyboard and Trackpoint disconnected!"
                xinput float "$KEYBOARD"
                xinput float "$MOUSE"
else
        if xinput list --short "$KEYBOARD" | grep -q 'floating slave' ; then
                notify-send -i $ICON "Enabling keyboard and Trackpoint..." \ "ON - Keyboard and Trackpoint connected!"
                xinput reattach "$KEYBOARD" "$KEYBOARDMASTER"
                xinput reattach "$MOUSE" "$MOUSEMASTER"
        else
                notify-send -i $ICOFF "Disabling keyboard..." \ "OFF - Keyboard and Trackpoint disconnected!"
                xinput float "$KEYBOARD"
                xinput float "$MOUSE"
        fi
fi