Touchpad management GNOME Shell Extension.
Automatically disable other pointing devices when an external mouse is plugged in.
Optionally, switch the touchpad, trackpoint, fingertouch, touchscreen or a pen device on and off easily from the top panel.
From GNOME Shell Extension Website (recommended)
- Visit https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/131/touchpad-indicator/ in Firefox browser.
- Click on the switch at right side to toggle it from OFF to ON.
- Accept any installation prompts.
From GitHub
- Open a terminal and run:
rm -rf ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/touchpad-indicator@orangeshirt; git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/askmrsinh/TouchpadIndicator.git" ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/touchpad-indicator@orangeshirt;
- Restart GNOME Shell by pressing
Alt+F2
,r
,Enter
or by Logging out and Logging in. - Enable the extension in gnome-tweak-tool.
Touchpad Indicator GNOME Shell Extension is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0).