Item - Request - Touchpad disable script inclusion.

[anon222]

It's very similar to this script
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Synapt...ash_Script
I like your idea on notify-send

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# toggle synaptic touchpad on/off

# get current state
SYNSTATE=$(synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | awk '{ print $3 }')

# change to other state
if [ $SYNSTATE = 0 ]; then
         synclient touchpadoff=1
         notify-send "Touchpad disabled";
elif [ $SYNSTATE = 1 ]; then
         synclient touchpadoff=0
         notify-send "Touchpad enabled";
else
         notify-send "Couldn't get touchpad status from synclient"
         exit 1
fi
exit 0

xinput version here

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# tp_toggle
#
# Toggle the touchpad on/off.


# Get the id number of the touchpad.
tp_id=`xinput list | grep -i touchpad | awk '{ print $6 }' | sed 's/id=//'`


# Find out whether the touchpad is enabled or not.
tp_enabled=`xinput list-props $tp_id | grep Device\ Enabled | awk '{ print $4 }'`


if [ $tp_enabled = 0 ]
then
  # The touchpad is currently disabled, so turn it on.
  xinput set-prop $tp_id "Device Enabled" 1
         notify-send "Touchpad enabled";
elif [ $tp_enabled = 1 ]
then
  # The touchpad is currently enabled, so turn it off.
  xinput set-prop $tp_id "Device Enabled" 0
         notify-send "Touchpad disabled";
else
  notify-send  "tp_toggle: Could not get touchpad status from xinput."
  exit 1
fi