** Description changed: Dear Ubuntu developers. The Ubuntu 13.10 release have demonstarted that modern gnome-control- center keyboard have very few settings for keyboard layout related options. For exmaple, Keyboard Layout Options window is missed in gnome-control-center keyboard (see bug 1245064). The last Ubuntu version which had this window was Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This window was very useful. It had many options: It allows to set the following: > Adding currency signs to certain keys > Adding Esperanto circumflexes (supersigno) > Alt/Win key behavior > Caps Lock key behavior > Compose key position > Ctrl key position > Japanese keyboard options > Key sequence to kill the X server > Key(s) to change layout > Key to choose 3rd level > Key to choose 5th level > Miscellaneous compatibility options > Numeric keypad delete key behavior > Numeric keypad layout selection > Use keyboard LED to show alternative layout > Using space key to input non-breakable space character Now (in Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04) these options are missed from gnome- control-center. GNOME developers say that they moved these options to gnome-tweak-tool. Under Typing section gnome-tweak-tool has options: > Show all installed input sources > Key to choose 5th level > Miscellaneous compatibility options > Maintain key compatibility with old Solaris keycodes > Layout of numeric keypad > Swithing to another layout > Ctrl key position > Key sequence to kill the X server > Numeric keypad delete key behaviour > Adding currency signs to certain keys > Caps Lock key behaviour > Use keyboard LED to show alternative layout > Japanese keyboard options > Adding Esperanto supersigned letters > Alt/Win key behaviour In next 3 months Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will be released and some users of previous LTS (12.04) may want to update to it. And they will not have many keyboard layout options. So I recommend to include gnome-tweak-tool to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation by default. This inclusion may be done by suggestion to install gnome-tweak-tool or by making it as a dependency of gnome- control-center (or something other). + ---------- + For other layout switching problems introduced in Ubuntu 13.10 you can see bug 1218322. + ---------- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gnome-tweak-tool 3.8.1-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-4.19-generic 3.13.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-4-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Jan 19 16:34:53 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-20 (90 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-tweak-tool UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-19 (61 days ago)
** Tags added: keyboard-layout-switching-related -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270572 Title: Ubuntu 14.04 should have gnome-tweak-tool installed by default because of many settings that are missed gnome-control-center To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1270572/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
