Public bug reported:
Hi,
I've set up multiple keyboard layouts in gnome-keyboard-properties
(Swiss French and Dvorak-Bépo) and these settings are not handled
correctly throughout Gnome. Depending which one is defined as the
default layout (top of the list of layouts in gnome-keyboard-properties)
:
- **Shortcuts** in gnome-terminal and applications running inside gnome-
terminal will always use the default layout, even if I switched to
another. Standard keys are working as expected. So, if Swiss French is
my default layout and I switched to using Dvorak-bépo, instead of
hitting Ctrl + C to terminate a program in the terminal I'll have to hit
Ctrl + X. If I set Dvorak-bépo as the default layout (top of the list),
shortcuts will work correctly when I'm using this layout, but if I
switch to Swiss French I'll have the same issue.
- when locking the screen then trying to unlock it, I have to type my
password. At the right of the password field, there is an indicator of
the keyboard layout in use. This indicator will always show the
**default layout** regardless of the one currently in use. So if Swiss
French is my default layout and if I switched later to Dvorak-bépo, then
the indicator in the screen unlocking dialog will still display Swiss
French, while the characters I'll type for my password will use the
current layout in use : Dvorak-bépo. If I set Dvorak-bépo as the default
layout, this one will always be displayed in the screen unlocking
dialog.
There may be similar issues in other gnome apps, but I didn't find them.
It seems the current keyboard layout is not taken into account in all
contexts.
This bug affects at least Jaunty and Karmic.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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multiple keyboard layouts not handled correctly in Gnome
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519722
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