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kde switch keyboard layout with ctrl shift or alt shift
thk thk Sat. 21 Feb. 2009 23:57 tags linux 0 views 2 comments
To be able to switch keyboard layouts with control + shift (ctrl + shift ) in KDE 

1. go to control center ,  keyboard layout tool , enable keyboard layouts and add your own .
2. On the 3d tab Uncheck "enable xkb options".

Now to be able to switch with ctrl + shift
Edit
~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals 
And add by hand the shortcut for switching to next keyboard layout.
Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=Ctrl+Shift_L
this script will do the job also
 
cp ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals.old
sed -e 's/Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=.*/Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=Ctrl+Shift_L/g' ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals.old > ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals
This is if you want Alt+Shift instead .

cp ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals.old
sed -e 's/Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=.*/Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=Alt+Shift_L/g' ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals.old > ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals
Then pls find the one who has made the keyboard layout tool for KDE and tell him/her that I am very pissed off with him/her .


 
comments
from koukos koukos 2009-02-25 01:46
Try searching the arch-wiki when it comes to troubles.
Gentoo-wiki was pretty neat too, but the servers got f*cked..



from avalon 2009-05-04 08:23
awesome 

It's really very very odd that this thing has not been fixed for ages. Does it work the "standard" way for anybody? I can find a reasonable complaint about it from 2004...
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-usability&m=110052122615309&w=2