[Tutorial] - How to rotate touchscreen input after rotating display?

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You can install Screen Orientation Manager. It is written in python, and works in both x86_64 and ARM based computers.

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Download and install the .deb package from GitHub releases.

Alternatively, use the official PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/screen-orientation-manager
sudo apt update
sudo apt install screen-orientation-manager

Run xinput list to get the ID for the touchscreen and touchpad, and enter it into the app (it will remember them).

It can also automatically load the configs of some known devices (so that you don't have to manually run xinput list), if you want to get your device added, please create an issue in GitHub.

Command line options: After setting up, you can also run screen-orientation-manager invert to quickly invert the configuration without opening the app (you can also add it to startup applications if you need to invert the screen on app run). You can also use the arguments left, right and normal. If you want the GUI to show up after applying the orientation settings, run, for example, screen-orientation-manager left --persist.

$ screen-orientation-manager --help

usage: ScreenOrientationManager.py [-h] [--normal | --left | --right |
                                   --invert] [--persist]
                                   [{normal,left,right,invert}]

Screen Orientation Manager for X11

positional arguments:
  {normal,left,right,invert}
                        Rotation (alternative positional form)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --normal              Rotate to normal orientation
  --left                Rotate to left orientation
  --right               Rotate to right orientation
  --invert              Rotate to inverted orientation
  --persist             Keep the GUI running after applying rotation
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