Disable keyboard with a bind

[noahfraiture]

Hey, I search but didn't find a way to disable the whole keyboard with a bind. I found this https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Uncommon-tips--tricks/ that allow us to disable binds, but not the whole keyboard.
This is a laptop and I would like to have a bind to disable it do put another keyboard on it or other things like my phone when I don't need the keyboard

[muellerbernd]

This worked pretty well, but since #4656 was merged this script does not work anymore. Maybe someone can help to get the script working again.

[vaxerski]

you need hyprlang>=0.4.1 for it to work.
Also make sure to pass the -r opt to hyprctl

[muellerbernd]

@vaxerski thanks for the hint with -r now it works. Is it possible to get the current value of the variable e.g. $AMONGUS_ENABLED via hyprctl?

[vaxerski]

nope

[muellerbernd]

I am using now this part in my config:

$LAPTOP_KB_ENABLED = true
device {
  name = at-translated-set-2-keyboard
  enabled = $LAPTOP_KB_ENABLED
}

@vaxerski is it possible to read the enabled option for devices via hyprctl?
The old way was hyprctl getoption device:at-translated-set-2-keyboard:enabled

[vaxerski]

nope, but maybe hyprctl devices lists it

[muellerbernd]

Here my current script for laptop keyboard toggle (inspired by this reddit post):

#!/usr/bin/env bash

export STATUS_FILE="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/keyboard.status"

enable_keyboard() {
    printf "true" >"$STATUS_FILE"
    notify-send -u normal "Enabling Keyboard"
    hyprctl keyword '$LAPTOP_KB_ENABLED' "true" -r
}

disable_keyboard() {
    printf "false" >"$STATUS_FILE"
    notify-send -u normal "Disabling Keyboard"
    hyprctl keyword '$LAPTOP_KB_ENABLED' "false" -r
}

if ! [ -f "$STATUS_FILE" ]; then
  enable_keyboard
else
  if [ $(cat "$STATUS_FILE") = "true" ]; then
    disable_keyboard
  elif [ $(cat "$STATUS_FILE") = "false" ]; then
    enable_keyboard
  fi
fi

add the following to your hyprland config (the device name maybe depends on your machine):

$LAPTOP_KB_ENABLED = true
device {
  name = at-translated-set-2-keyboard
  enabled = $LAPTOP_KB_ENABLED
}

[al23212321]

I am currently using 0.35.0-2, and I can disable the touchpad via
hyprctl keyword device:synps/2-synaptics-touchpad:enabled false

where synps/2-synaptics-touchpad is the name of my device using hyprctl devices

[noahfraiture]

I get the error special category's first value must be the key. Key for <device> is <name> with my keyboard

[vaxerski]

because that won't work on 0.36+

[jenil1122]

hi i used the same command for my touchpad and the output was :

❯ hyprctl keyword etps/2-elantech:enabled false
config option <etps/2-elantech:enabled> does not exist.

[Morbiuzx]

hi i used the same command for my touchpad and the output was :

❯ hyprctl keyword etps/2-elantech:enabled false
config option <etps/2-elantech:enabled> does not exist.

I'm getting the exact same error, config option does not exist. Using hyprland-git 0.38.0.r77.a06272ae-1