/TouchpadIndicator

Touchpad management GNOME Shell Extension. :link:

Primary LanguageJavaScriptGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

#Touchpad Indicator Touchpad Indicator Icon Touchpad management GNOME Shell Extension

Switch the touchpad, trackpoint, fingertouch, touchscreen or a pen device on and off easily from the top panel. Optionally, automatically disable some or all devices when a mouse is plugged in and re-enable them when unplugged.

Touchpad Indicator preview

##Installation:

From GNOME Shell Extension Website

  1. Visit https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/131/touchpad-indicator/ in Firefox browser.
  2. Click on the switch at left side to toggle it from OFF to ON.
  3. Accept any installation prompts.

From GitHub

  1. Open a terminal and run:

    git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/user501254/TouchpadIndicator.git"; rm -rf TouchpadIndicator/.git
rm -rf ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/touchpad-indicator@orangeshirt
mv TouchpadIndicator/ ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/touchpad-indicator@orangeshirt

  2. Restart GNOME Shell by pressing Alt+F2, r, Enter.

  3. Enable the extension in gnome-tweak-tool.

##Contribute

  • This repository is a based on the now out of date gnome-shell-extension-touchpad-indicator by orangeshirt.
  • This repository exists only so that user contributions can be actively merged on to GNOME Shell Extension Website.
  • You can help by reporting Issues and submitting Pull Requests for new features, bug fixes and localization(which is highly incomplete).

##License Touchpad Indicator GNOME Shell Extension is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0).

Summary (from http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/gpl):

  • copy and distribute the program’s unmodified source code (Section 1)
  • modify the program’s source code and distribute the modified source (Section 2)
  • distribute compiled versions of the program, both modified and unmodified (Section 3) provided that:
  • all distributed copies (modified or not) carry a copyright notice and exclusion of warranty (Section 1 and 2)
  • all modified copies are distributed under the GPL v2 (Section 2)
  • all compiled versions of the program are accompanied by the relevant source code, or a viable offer to make the relevant source code available (Section 3)