chinese input option just qwerty

[themusicgod1]

Not sure where to report this, but this is where to reproduce, at least:

to reproduce
1) click on triangle at top right hand corner of screen to get menu
2) click on settings icon
3) click on language and region
4) click on +
5) click on ...
6) click on other
7) click on chinese
8) click on add

9) you should now have a 'chinese' input source. click on that
10) click on keyboard icon
this shows just a plain qwerty keyboard
alternatively
click on the input language option at the top of the screen
select chinese (zh)
start typing on an input field somewhere
result: qwerty, not chinese input.

what should happen
the chinese (zh) input should actually generate chinese characters. or something

ubuntu: 18.04 bionic
gnome-control-center: 3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. What ibus packages do you have installed?
$ dpkg -l | grep ibus
Can you start 'gnome-language-selector' and select chinese support there, does it install enough to fix the issue?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Indeed, "Chinese" is just an alias to the "English (US)" keyboard layout and not an IBus input method.

To input Chinese:

* Install a Chinese input method, e.g. ibus-libpinyin
* Log out and log in again
* Add "Chinese (Intelligent Pinyin)" in Region & Language
  -> Input Sources
* Select "Chinese (Intelligent Pinyin)" 北京

HTH