From d30af2b00b1a5a0ddb7cfd214b98718da758917a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Gabriel Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 10:56:44 +0100 Subject: Enable touchpad tap-to-click. Ported from Slick Greeter by Mike Gabriel. https://github.com/linuxmint/slick-greeter/commit/85f83be9977faf2482d38d2cc289f0542b1c06a4 --- arctica-greeter-enable-tap-to-click | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100755 arctica-greeter-enable-tap-to-click (limited to 'arctica-greeter-enable-tap-to-click') diff --git a/arctica-greeter-enable-tap-to-click b/arctica-greeter-enable-tap-to-click new file mode 100755 index 0000000..105eabe --- /dev/null +++ b/arctica-greeter-enable-tap-to-click @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +#!/usr/bin/python3 + +import sys +import os +import syslog +import subprocess +import re + +if __name__ == '__main__': + + try: + output = subprocess.check_output(["xinput", "list"]).decode("UTF-8") + for line in output.splitlines(): + line = line.strip().lower() + if "pointer" in line: + m = re.search(r'id=(\d+)', line) + if m: + if len(m.groups()) > 0: + device_id = m.groups()[0] + syslog.syslog(f"Found xinput pointer: id={device_id}") + props = subprocess.check_output(["xinput", "list-props", device_id]).decode("UTF-8") + for prop in props.splitlines(): + prop = prop.strip() + if "Tapping Enabled Default" in prop: + continue + if "Tapping Enabled" in prop: + syslog.syslog(" --> This device has a tap-to-click property") + m = re.search(r'Tapping Enabled \((\d+)\):', prop) + if m: + if len(m.groups()) > 0: + prop_id = m.groups()[0] + syslog.syslog(f" --> Tapping Enabled property ID: {prop_id}") + syslog.syslog(f" --> Calling 'xinput set-prop {device_id} {prop_id} 1'") + subprocess.check_output(["xinput", "set-prop", device_id, prop_id, "1"]) + + except Exception as e: + # best effort, syslog it and bail out + syslog.syslog("ERROR: %s" % e) + + sys.exit(0) -- cgit v1.2.3