Code to activate and deactivate trackpad

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Hi

Does anyone have code to turn off and on the trackpad? I recently got a Magic Trackpad for my monitor and I'm wanting to have a touch bar button that turns on handoff my trackpad.

Thanks

2

You don't need code for that, you can make use of the accessibility function in MacOS itself. Go to System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Pointer Control -> Alternative Control Methods... click on the Options button for Enable Mouse Keys

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and tick both the options
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Now any time you want to disable the trackpad, just press the option key on the keyboard 5 times in a row... do the same to enable it back.

3

oh cool! thanks. then I can make a touchbar button for this with key sequences, right?

4

when I activate mouse keys, some of the keyboard letters don't work. how do I fix it?

5

You can't :cry:

Because those keys now move your mouse cursor.

Hmm... perhaps this option might be better for you then?

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I use that but if im not near my connected Magic Trackpad and I need to use my built in trackpad, I don't want to have to go to the Magic Trackpad to turn it off, id rather have a button to do that on the touchbar.

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In that case maybe a button on the touchbar that executes a script to click/unclick that setting for you? :slight_smile:

tell application "System Preferences"
	reveal anchor "Mouse" of pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
	delay 1
	tell application "System Events"
		click checkbox 2 of tab group 1 of group 1 of window 1 of application process "System Preferences"
	end tell
	quit
end tell
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thanks heaps this worked

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glad it worked for you!

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