Thanks for your well written bug report! I can reproduce the problem on 18.04, but not on 20.04 or groovy, so the problem seems to have been fixed in later versions. For that reason, and since the workaround (reboot or relogin) is a natural measure, I set the importance to "Low".
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890875 Title: Keyboard won't switch its layout to a newly added second input source unless their order is rearranged To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1890875/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs