Touchpad on/off toggle without a separate script

[csinatra257]

Hello. This is my first time posting, I'm sorry if this is not the right place. I've seen people create an on/off toggle script for the touchpad, but I've yet to see a script-less approach. My method is to add the following lines to the ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf file:

# config
$tpf = $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/touchpad_enabled.status # path to custom status file
$tpk = , XF86TouchpadToggle                     # keybind
# commands
$tpd = $(hyprctl devices | grep touchpad | xargs) # get device list, filter for touchpad, trim whitespace
$tp1 = b=$(cat $tpf)                              # b = current touchpad status
$tp2 = $b && b=false || b=true                    # b = not b
$tp3 = hyprctl keyword "device[$tpd]:enabled" $b  # enable/disable touchpad based on b
$tp4 = notify-send "Touchpad" "Enabled: $b"       # send notification
$tp5 = echo $b > $tpf                             # update status file
bind = $tpk, exec, $tp1; $tp2; $tp3; $tp4; $tp5

This method obviously creates a mess inside the hyprland.conf file, but I prefer this rather than increasing the number of files I have to manage.

[fxzzi]

What's with not wanting to use a script?

[csinatra257]

Nothing much against scripts. Obviously the commands above can be made into one. I just prefer it this way (for now), since I haven't made a lot of changes to my hyprland.conf. It feels weird to have a separate 5-line script just for this one change.

I'll rethink it later once I've made more changes to my config.