Comment 3 for bug 1486751

Thanks for your report, Brendan. However, I'm pretty sure there is some kind of misconception involved - it simply does not work that way.

The input method selector in Language Support is a user specific setting only. Switching the value changes the file ~/.xinputrc. Also, when you are in a guest session, clicking "Apply System-Wide" is a no-op. A guest cannot change any settings system wide. (And when you click "Apply System-Wide" from a regular session, you are prompted for an admin password, and then you change the default display language settings system wide, not the input method.)

The default system wide input method in Wily is locale dependent. Possibly that has something to do with the observations you made. So, if you provide an even more detailed step-by-step description for reproducing the behavior, including what you did with respect to display language settings, we might be able to figure out the explanation and decide if something ought to be changed.