This needs also a fix in metacity, updated the bug information accordingly.
** Also affects: metacity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Description changed: [Impact] - * An explanation of the effects of the bug on users and: - Setting the 'Input Source Options' to 'Allow different sources for each window' does not work. + * An explanation of the effects of the bug on users and: + Setting the 'Input Source Options' to 'Allow different sources for each window' does not work. - * justification for backporting the fix to the stable release: - This is a bug in Ubuntu Bionic's version of gnome-flashback (3.28) (because the GUI let's the user change the input source option but the backend does nothing) + * justification for backporting the fix to the stable release: + This is a bug in Ubuntu Bionic's version of gnome-flashback (3.28) (because the GUI lets the user change the input source option but the backend does nothing) [Test Case] - * detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug - - Set Input Source Options to Allow different sources for each window in Application->System Tools->Preferences->Settings->Region & Language->Options - - Realize that if you set different layouts for different windows it does not change automatically when changing windows. + * detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug + - Set Input Source Options to Allow different sources for each window in gnome-control-center -> Region & Language -> Options + - Realize that if you set different layouts for different windows it does not change automatically when changing windows. [Regression Potential] - * discussion of how regressions are most likely to manifest as a result + * discussion of how regressions are most likely to manifest as a result of this change: - This bug itself is a regression, because it was working in Ubuntu + This bug itself is a regression, because it was working in Ubuntu Trusty. + + [Other Info] + + This needs fixes in both gnome-flashback and metacity. + Here are the relevant commits in gnome-3-28 branches: + + https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/metacity/commit/b96341dabffc3589 (ensure that we ignore our own focus events for focus predictions) + https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/metacity/commit/9956d376d38d0ad6 (fix problems with focus tracking) + https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-flashback/commit/3c4c6ecddef48cd5 (implement per window input sources) + + The gnome-session-flashback dependency on metacity will be bumped. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769838 Title: Input source options does not work on Bionic with gnome-flashback To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-flashback/+bug/1769838/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs