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xinput — List available input devices, query information about a device and change input device settings. Mor

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commanddevicescliqueryinputxinputlistavailable

linux

Problem

How to use the xinput command: List available input devices, query information about a device and change input device settings. More information: <https://manned.org/xinput>.

Solution

xinput — List available input devices, query information about a device and change input device settings. More information: <https://manned.org/xinput>.

List all input devices:

xinput list

Disable an input:

xinput disable {{id}}

Enable an input:

xinput enable {{id}}

Disconnect an input from its master:

xinput float {{id}}

Reattach an input as slave to a master:

xinput reattach {{id}} {{master_id}}

List settings of an input device:

xinput list-props {{id}}

Change a setting of an input device:

xinput set-prop {{id}} {{setting_id}} {{value}}

Code Snippets

List all input devices

xinput list

Disable an input

xinput disable {{id}}

Enable an input

xinput enable {{id}}

Disconnect an input from its master

xinput float {{id}}

Reattach an input as slave to a master

xinput reattach {{id}} {{master_id}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/xinput

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