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ubuntu, several switches for keyboard layout

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### I have: I am new to Ubuntu (or Wayland?) and have an issue with two different ways to switch keyboard layout. - Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS - Gnome 42.9 - Windowing system Wayland And I currently have two different switches for layouts. Here is what I found so far: ### Settings application The Settings application provides just one way to switch layouts, I find this in Settings by going Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Typing. There I have Super+Space for the switch. This works, but... 1. I'd like to define LeftAlt+LeftShift as a toggle switch, but the settings window does not accept this. 2. Is it possible to increase size of layout indicator? I have a very big screen and tiny language code in the corner of the screen is not very easy readable. Is there a way (setting somewhere or applet/plugin/extension) to increase font size for the language indicator and/or use country flags to show which language layout is in use? ### gsettings Open terminal, issue command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['grp:lalt_lshift_toggle']"
This done exactly what I want, but using this hotkey does not change language indicator on the screen, and I have to type a letter or two to understand which layout is active one. 1. Is there a way to synchronize the on-screen indicator with that switch? 2. Is this a different input method from the one controlled by Settings application? (ibus vs xkb?) 3. The switch of layout does not happen always. Sometimes I need to hit LeftAlt+LeftShift twice (hit it, type letter, backspace, hit it again) to switch the layouts. Completely not sure where to search for a reason for this problem. ### So currently ... I have two switches: Super+Space and LeftAlt+LeftShift... And constantly mix them. I can, of course, remove one, but I have several other computers (under Mint/Cinnamon and Windows) which use LeftAlt+LeftShift, so I would really prefer to stick with this one (finger memory is powerful thing). So I am not sure which direction I should take at this moment and which method to trust/improve more, the Settings or gsettings? Or install some third application like xkbd-switch or something else? Or go all the way and replace Ubuntu with Mint?
Asked by White Owl (5267 rep)
Oct 26, 2023, 06:02 PM
Last activity: Nov 12, 2023, 12:30 AM