I don't think this is unique to gnome. I have had this problem with gnome in the past and, presently, with KDE.
It seems the desktop environments are missing something about informing the x input layout about the layout change or maybe there's a bug in xorg-server-input-keyboard. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072018 Title: Keyboard shortcuts should not depend on the layout To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1072018/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs