How to make laptop not suspend when the lid is closed

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I need to make the laptop not suspend when the lid is closed, instead i just need it to keep being on.

I know this can be done using GNOME tweaks, but I dont think Manjaro has GNOME Tweaks.

(By the way, I have not installed manjaro yet. If this is possible I will)
(I am going to use XFCE)
Thanks for any help

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Don’t know for the others, but in KDE you have system settings > Power management. There you can choose the action when closing the lid. So I quess this setting comes with every DE in Manjaro.

Correct me if I’m wrong, because I only use KDE.

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You can change that behavior in the powermanager settings in XFCE. This is an XFCE feature.

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Thanks so much, but I couldnt see the option when using VirtualBox. Is it because the operating system thinks VirtualBox is a pc?

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It’s very likely that the option is only present if the system has detected a “lid switch”.

You can try an boot the live session on your laptop and see if the option is there.

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In XFCE under Power Manager, there is an option to “Switch off display”, which I guess is what you want. It’s only available when the laptop is plugged in, battery doesn’t offer that option.

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In addition, for laptop with external monitor, you can alter the settings in etc/systemd/logind.conf
e.g. to shut lid and keep laptop from suspend:
Uncomment the following:
LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
HandleLidSwitch=ignore
Then restart computer

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