/toggle-touchpad

Gnome Shell extension to toggle touchpad

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Gnome Shell extension to toggle touchpad

How to install

Go to https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/935/toggle-touchpad/ and install from there.

Make sure you have xinput installed (sudo apt-get install xinput).

How to install manually

Download latest release (https://github.com/mkopta/toggle-touchpad/releases/download/v1.4/toggle-touchpad-v1.4.zip) and unpack it to this directory ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/toggle-touchpad@martin.kopta.eu. Restart the gnome shell by ALT+F2, type r and enter.

Commands to install

rm -rf ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/toggle-touchpad@martin.kopta.eu
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/toggle-touchpad@martin.kopta.eu
cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/toggle-touchpad@martin.kopta.eu
curl -LO https://github.com/mkopta/toggle-touchpad/releases/download/v1.4/toggle-touchpad-v1.4.zip
unzip toggle-touchpad-v1.4.zip
rm toggle-touchpad-v1.4.zip

Now ALT+F2, type r and enter.

Make sure you have xinput installed (sudo apt-get install xinput).

In case of trouble

Use gnome tweak tool to see whether the extension is really there and enabled.

Use looking glass to see more details (ALT+F2 lg)

(icons taken from https://github.com/orangeshirt/gnome-shell-extension-touchpad-indicator)