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askmrsinh / touchpad-indicator

Touchpad management GNOME Shell Extension.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/131/touchpad-indicator/
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Feature request: wireless mouse on/off state detection #13

Closed marekdedic closed 6 years ago

marekdedic commented 7 years ago

I have a wireless mouse (Logitech M325) and have the dongle permanently plugged in. Would it be possible to detect the mouse on/off state and use it to turn the touchpad on/off? Currently I have to pull the dongle out, turn off automatic touchpad disabling and put it back in when I am somewhere without the mouse... Thank you!

k1T4eR commented 7 years ago

+1 It'd be great feature. For example, handle it by changing power state of logitech device.

askmrsinh commented 7 years ago

@GenaBitu @k1T4eR As far as I know, this is not plausible since such On/Off state can not be detected. To explain further, even when the mouse is physically switched off but the dongle is plugged in; it would come up in the list of input devices. Additionally, @GenaBitu can you elaborate on your need to turn off automatic touchpad disabling when you are somewhere without the mouse? IMO, just unplugging the dongle should work leaving the auto-disable settings as it is.

marekdedic commented 7 years ago

That's a shame, that would really be an awesome feature

Elaborating: When I am somewhere without the mouse, I don't want to unplug the dongle because I am afraid of losing it 😄...

Sifting through the internet: https://lekensteyn.nl/logitech-unifying.html#ltunify could this be used? It would only fix this for logitech devices but since the vast majority of those uses the same dongle, that should work for all of those....

toastbrotch commented 7 years ago

+1