@Sebastien: I can only share my opinion here, but maybe it's not uncommon. I've been regularly (=sometimes multiple times per minute) using Alt+Shift as the switcher for more than a decade, I'm so used to it that I'm not even willing to try to change this habit. Any attempt in getting used to a new one would cause a huge loss of productivity, and big frustration. Call me old-fashioned, I spent quite some time getting used to Dvorak, and later to Colemak, but gave up all. I'm already used to something and I don't see why I would need to change. Forcing any change would be like forcing me to swap Y-Z after ~15 years of touch typing. I'd scream and uninstall Ubuntu for good.
So: please let everyone continue to use their favorite shortcut keys, whatever they've been using previously! Otherwise it's a giant usability regression. Also, the press order of modifiers, and the release order of any keys (modifiers and normal keys) should not matter. Alt+Shift should mean press Alt and Shift together in any order, then release them in any order. Maaaaybeee forcing a particular press order is acceptable if it absolutely necessary (that's what happens with modifier+letter combos anyway), but depending on the release order is not. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218322 Title: Can't set keyboard layout change to alt+shift, ctrl+shift, etc. Status in Indicator keyboard: Confirmed Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “indicator-keyboard” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-keyboard/+bug/1218322/+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
