Successfully upgraded my 12.04 to 14.04.
In 12.04 I had Alt+Shift L for layout swithing, so I set this combination on
the first login in 14.04 ('gnome-control-center keyboard' for GNOME FlashBack,
'unity-control-center keyboard') to Alt+Shift L and it works as expected.
So keyboard layout switching is working, so this bug seems to be fixed.
But there are other bugs, which are not fixed:
* bug 1299519 - Unable to rename new folder in GtkFileChooserDialog while
changing keyboard layout
this bug is related to bug 1244090 - Pressing keyboard shortcut to switch
keyboard layout causes temporary loss of focus
* bug 1280759 - Unity shortcuts (Super+A/F/M/C/V) do not work on non-latin
layout in Trusty - shortcuts are defined via keyboard layout, not the keys
* bug 1226962 - Hotkeys not functional in non-latin keyboard layout in 13.10
and 14.04
works in Unity, but not in GNOME FlashBack sessions
* bug 1245473 - Binding ctrl+shift, alt+shift, etc for switching keyboard
layout makes shortcuts with ctrl+shift, etc not working in any program
works in Unity, but not in GNOME FlashBack sessions
* bug 1245137 - hotkeys for keyboard layout switching do not work in
unity-greeter in Saucy and Trusty
* bug 1244548 - Keyboard shortcut for changing keyboard layout does not work on
lock screen
this bug is fixed for unity-greeter, but is not fixed for gnome-screensaver
** Description changed:
***
The old PPA, ppa:attente/1218322 is superceded by the following one. You can
remove the old repository using ppa-purge.
***
A PPA which should provide some relief for this issue is available at
https://launchpad.net/~attente/+archive/modifier-only-input-switch. To
install:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:attente/modifier-only-input-switch
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
(log out, log in)
If the packages improve the situation for you, you can pin them using:
sudo apt-mark hold compiz
sudo apt-mark hold gnome-settings-daemon
sudo apt-mark hold unity
If the packages don't work for you, you can purge them using:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:attente/modifier-only-input-switch
=== compiz ===
Impact: modifier-only key bindings need to be independent of key-press
order, there's no support for double tapping two modifier keys of the
same type
Test case:
- add at least two input sources through gnome-control-center's text entry
settings
- use gsettings to set the input switching shortcut to ctrl+left shift:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source
"['<Primary>Shift_L']"
- holding left shift, press and release ctrl
-> the current input source should change
Regression potential: possible, but highly unlikely, that some key
bindings may be triggered due to the removal of some code that would
normally prevent a possible tap from occurring.
=== unity ===
Impact: gnome-settings-daemon eats modifier-only shortcuts preventing
them from propagating down to applications
Test case:
- open gnome-control-center's text input settings
- set the next input source key binding to ctrl+left shift
- open gnome-terminal
- press ctrl+shift+t
-> gnome-terminal should open a new tab
Regression potential: the additional input switch key bindings could
collide with other functionality such as opening the dash or hud
=== gnome-control-center ===
Impact: the UI to change the layout switching keys doesn't work
Test case:
- open gnome-control-center's text input settings
- click on the "next layout key" entry
- try entering a key combinaison (e.g ctrl-space)
-> the UI should reflect the new keys
Regression potential: that UI was not working before, it should only be
an improvement (some key combos are not working as expected, that's
another issue and shouldn't be mixed with this one)
=== gnome-settings-daemon ===
Impact: attempting to change keyboard layouts using only modifier keys
doesn't work
Test case:
- add at least two input sources through gnome-control-center's text entry
settings
- use gsettings to set the input switching shortcut to ctrl+left shift:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source
"['<Primary>Shift_L']"
- press and release ctrl+left shift
-> the current input source should change
Regression potential: The input switching shortcut might capture other
non-modifier shortcuts, but users will need to consider this when
choosing their switching shortcut anyways. For users this bug affects,
this represents a working solution for a critical bug.
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Test results for different keyboard layout change hotkeys may be viewed
and added in the Google Docs table, created by Norbert
(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao5e713Ig9g_dEJrX2NRYlpLWWVzSWxsVXU4ck9HYVE&usp=sharing).
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Recent discovered bugs related to keyboard layouts:
* keyboard layout settings must be consistent between gnome-control-center
keyboard, indicator-keyboard and gnome-tweak-tool and /etc/default/keyboard
(bug 1270574)
* Ubuntu 14.04 should have gnome-tweak-tool installed by default because
of many settings that are missed gnome-control-center (bug 1270572)
* Please add ability to set keyboard shortcuts to unity-control-center
launched from GNOME session FlashBack (Compiz and Metacity) (bug 1282637)
* Unable to rename new folder in GtkFileChooserDialog while changing
keyboard layout (bug 1299519)
Separate bug reports for individual layout switching hotkey
combinations:
Super+Space and Shift+Super+Space:
* Unity greeter (bug 1245137);
* Unity session (bug 1245136);
* lock screen - gnome-screensaver (bug 1245138, bug 1245256);
* ubiquity installer (bug 1242572).
Alt+Shift:
* Unity greeter (bug 1245258)
* Can't set keyboard layout change to Alt+Shift (bug 1245926)
* Shift must be pressed pressed first (bug 1266179)
Ctrl+Shift:
* lock screen - gnome-screensaver (bug 1245270)
* Unity greeter (bug 1245268)
* Can't set keyboard layout change to Ctrl+Shift (bug 1245991)
* If keyboard layout switching hotkey is set to Ctrl+Shift, Ctrl+Shift+C/V
are not working in gnome-terminal (bug 1246656)
Shift+Shift:
* Can't set keyboard layout change to Shift+Shift (bug 1245272)
* lock screen - gnome-screensaver (bug 1245278)
* Unity greeter (bug 1245280)
Bugs which belong to keyboard layout switching:
* Hotkeys not functional in non-latin keyboard layout in 13.10 (bug
1226962)
* Keyboard Layout Options window is missed in gnome-control-center
keyboard (bug 1245064)
* Unable to set keyboard LED to show alternative layout in
gnome-control-center keyboard in Saucy (bug 1245188)
* Unable to set Miscellaneous compatibility options in
gnome-control-center keyboard in Saucy (bug 1245199)
* Keyboard shortcut for changing keyboard layout does not work on lock
screen (bug 1244548)
* [FFe] indicator-keyboard not working under greeter (bug 1228207)
* Lost ability to remap Caps Lock to Ctrl (bug 1215826)
* gnome-control-center keyboard no longer has way to modify caps lock key
behavior (bug 1224575)
* Pressing Caps Lock toggles LED even when mapped to another key (bug
1221403)
* Switching layout turns off NumLock (bug 1247668)
- * Switching layout causes applications to lose focus for a moment,
resulting in various kinds of misbehavior (bug 1289495)
+ * Pressing keyboard shortcut to switch keyboard layout causes temporary
loss of focus (bug 1244090)
----------------------
Can't set keyboard layout change to ctrl+shift, Caps Lock, alt+shift
etc. "Shift", "CapsLock" keys are just ignored in settings. Also the
default shortcut was set to "Super+Space" that is inconveniently,
because Dash is opening when you swich your keyboard layout.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: indicator-keyboard 0.0.0+13.10.20130829.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-2.5-generic 3.11.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 29 14:21:54 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-31 (28 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130730)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=ru_UA:ru
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-keyboard
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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