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So just write sh /PATH/TO/SCRIPT in the Command of your shortcut window. Keyboard shortcut for running the scriptĪnd last step is adding keyboard shortcut to run the script file. State=`xinput list-props "$device" | grep "Device Enabled" | grep -o "$"` So I got a bash script file for toggling touchpad with 'xinput' command(original script can be found here). Getting id of your touchpad $ xinput listĢ. Here is a solution for toggling touchpad just by pressing a shortcut. In my case, fn+ F9 is mapped into Touchpad toggle.īut the key does nothing just showing touch pad icon on the right-top of the screen like this. Now if I could just get the up-arrow in nautilius to work and see the. bashrc or whatever except that I'm not sure that device 12 (actually 11 for me) is always the touchpad. xinput set-prop 12 "Device Enabled" 0Īnd I would put it in. Since 12 is the id for my touchpad, running the following command will disable it. It displays all the input devices connected. This worked for me in 11.10 : ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2

In Ubuntu versions >12.04 you can also directly disable via xinput -disable 12 You will get an output that looks like this: ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 There are some dell laptops with a small square logo or button at the top left corner of the dell laptop touchpad.Run the following command in a terminal: xinput list

Test your Touchpad Touchpad Disable Zone.

This may be under the Advanced heading if you have one

It doesn’t matter about the layout of your BIOS your goal is to find an option called “Internal Pointing Device” or similar.

Immediately your laptop comes on, click on F2 or F12 continuously on your keyboard till you enter Setup mode.

Turn on your dell laptop by pressing the power button.

In the dell touchpad tab, look below and click on click to change DellTouchpad settings.

Since you are using a dell laptop, you should see a Dell Touchpad tab.

In the Mouse Properties window that opens, locate your touchpad settings.

After clicking on it, a pop up will be revealed showing you your mouse property.

Once it open, by your right-hand side, click on Additional mouse option.

Select the Mouse settings option in the search results.

Navigate to the windows logo and search for mouse settings.

Once the touchpad settings open, make sure the Touchpad On/Off toggle switch is set to On.

Select the Touchpad settings option in the search results.

Navigate to the windows logo and search for touchpad settings.

If your fn key is locked, you can find out how to turn it on here Mouse and Touchpad settings Touchpad settings Just try any F key while holding fn Key to enable your Dell touchpad NOTE – You might turn off your screen or something else, simply press that button again to undo any changes you don’t want