synclient(1)

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version 1.10.0 · 3 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 synclient — the touchpad glow-up manual (section 1, bestie) 💖

okay so picture this: it's a General Commands Manual page, and it's all about synclient, a commandline utility to query and modify Synaptics driver options. yes. that one. the little icon that makes your trackpad behave. let's get into it 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

synclient [-lV?] [var1=value1 [var2=value2] ...]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea 🫖 — this program lets you change your Synaptics TouchPad driver params for the XOrg/XFree86 server while X is running. no restart, no logging out, no drama. you just... vibe-check your touchpad and rewrite its whole personality live. iconic behavior, honestly. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -l — list your current user settings. and bestie, this is the default if you give it no option at all. so if you just type synclient and hit enter with zero thoughts in your head? congratulations, you get a list. 💅
  • -V — print the version number and exit. that's it, that's the whole job. 👑
  • -? — show the help message. your little "what do i do now" button. 🙈
  • var=value — set the user parameter var to value. this is the main character move. 🌟

📁 FILES 📁

  • /etc/X11/xorg.conf

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

so say you wanna disable EdgeMotionMinSpeed? (and honestly, mood.) you just do this:

synclient EdgeMotionMinSpeed=0

and boom. done. slay. 🔥

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> and many others. 💜

This man page was written by Mattia Dongili <malattia@debian.org>

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay that's the whole page, bestie, no cap 🎀 — it came to you straight from X Version 11, brought to life by xf86-input-synaptics 1.10.0, and it's giving synclient(1) in every possible way. go forth and touchpad. 💖✨

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