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Hi so having a weird issue. I am on a Lenova Yoga7i it ran windows 10 for many years. But now i have ubuntu 24.04 and having the issue in the subject header.

It appears all of the settings for the touchpad do not do anything- IE i turn the touchpad off while typing- does nothing. Turn the whole touch pad off- does nothing. But then randomly the touch pad is off- but then it randomly turns on again even though the settings say it is off.

While ideally i would like to have the ability to turn the pad off and on, I also would settle with just disabling it all together if not easier option as it makes typing etc verrrry difficult.

thank you!

noob_untu
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Map a key to a script that toggels on/off the touchpad.

Thanks to:

article https://www.baeldung.com/linux/enable-disable-touchpad
ask blog: https://askubuntu.com/a/1262603/1744900
and GPT providing script:

#!/bin/bash

save this script under e.g. ~/Tools/TP-device.sh


Check the current state of the touchpad


touchpad_state=$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events)


Toggle the state


if [ "$touchpad_state" = "'enabled'" ]; then
    echo "Touchpad is currently enabled. Disabling it..."
    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events disabled
    echo "Touchpad disabled."
else
    echo "Touchpad is currently disabled. Enabling it..."
    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events enabled
    echo "Touchpad enabled."
fi

you can now create in Setting -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts create a shortcut that maps to script:

sh -c "~/Tools/TP-device.sh"
DaveX
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