Touchpad Volume Control

This project adds the ability to control the volume of a laptop via its touchpad.

Key Features

• Triple finger up and down gestures for volume control.
• Triple tap to mute/unmute

Prerequisites

Make sure these libraries are installed in your computer.

sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install gcc-c++

• Cmake

sudo dnf install cmake

• ALSA

sudo dnf install alsa-lib-devel

• libevdev

sudo dnf install libevdev-devel

Installation

Build method

1. Download the latest release.
2. Extract the files.
3. Go into the extracted folder and run the commands:

mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..

4. Run the executable file with the following command to ensure the software runs with administrator privileges and on a clean environment:

sudo -E ./TouchpadVolumeControl 

AppImage method

1. Download the AppImage file from the latest release.
2. Enable execution permission in the program's properties.
3. Run the executable file with the following command to ensure the software runs with administrator privileges and on a clean environment:

sudo -E ./TouchpadVolumeControl-x86_64.AppImage 

Disclaimers

1. This project does not disregard the already existing shortcuts for the touchpad. Use it at your own discretion.
2. Tested OS: Fedora 40

Acknowledgments

This software uses the following third-party libraries:

• alsa-lib

  • Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 (LGPL-2.1).
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• libevdev

  • Licensed under the MIT License.
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