You might be right: if I look at the United State keyboard on Wikipedia, there is no key between the left shift and the "z" key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#QWERTY-based_layouts_for_Latin_script
Other layouts, like the United Kingdom keyboard, have a key between the left shift and the "z", but on the other hand, they lack a key above the return key compared to the US layout. As the compact layout is intended to be used with various languages, the best probably is to keep both keys. Onboard supports the creation of custom layouts through xml and svg files; people, that need particular layouts might use this feature and create a custom layout. (The coming Onboard version 0.99.0 of Onboard is planned to ship two additional layouts geared for mobile devices.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to onboard in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552425 Title: missing backslash-underscore key in Japanese layout Status in Onboard on-screen keyboard: New Status in Ubuntu on the Nexus 7: New Status in “onboard” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: onboard Latest Package Tested: onboard 0.94.0-0ubuntu2b1 In Japanese keyboard layout, users cannot input underscore "_" and backslash "\" from lack of a key. How to reproduce: 1. set the layout Japan-Japan in gnome-keyboard-properties. 2. launch onboard. Expected result: can see backslash key (underscore when shift pressed) between slash key and right shift key. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42634480/KB_Japanese_dev.png (Number 1 in this image) Actual result: the key not appeared. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42635208/onboad.png (Number 1 in this image) ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: onboard 0.93.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic-pae Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Mar 31 17:14:19 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=ja_JP:ja:en_GB:en LANG=ja_JP.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: onboard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/onboard/+bug/552425/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
