Not possible to switch language in address bar

[gelin]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Kubuntu Hardy
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008060309 Firefox/3.0

It's not possible to switch language when typing something to Firefox address bar and list of suggestions is appeared.

How to reproduce:
0. Two or more keyboard layouts must be installed in your KDE system.
1. Start typing of address in Firefox address bar. For example, start to use quick searches, type "google ".
2. List of suggestions must appear below the address bar. (If not so you should create some history of similar addresses.)
3. Try to switch language to search something Russian in Google, for example.
Actual result:
It's not possible to switch language until you close suggestions list by clicking to address bar.
Expected result:
It should be possible to always switch language.

[shapirus (me-shapirus)]

Also, some other shortcuts can't be used in this situation, for example, alt-tab, alt-f4 and so on.

[Retimus (retimus)]

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3

I have the same problem like described in given URL, but on WinXP.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start Firefox
2.Try to switch language
3.
Actual Results:
Languages not switched. [Alt+Shift] shortcat not working

Expected Results:
Language should switch

[Ariel Faigon (ariel.faigon)]

This bug is much more general than firefox. I suspect it has nothing to do with firefox.

Here, after upgrading to Ibex (RC) via the net, the switch to KDE 4 breaks the keyboard layout switcher completely.

The country-flags in the panel display but switching among languages/countries in the "KDE keyboard layout switcher" widget in the panel doesn't actually switch the input language.

[gelin (dnelubin)]

Yes. The bug is more general. I can't say anything about KDE 4. But with KDE 3.5 the keyboard layout is not switched when any popup window appears.

Here the concrete example:
0. Start Run Command from the K menu.
1. Start typing any command name.
2. The popup with previously entered commands appear.
Actual result:
Until you close the popup (by pressing Esc, for example) it's not possible to switch the keyboard layout.

I wrote the bug for Firefox because firstly I got the bug with it's "smart suggesting" address bar.

And abont KDE 4:
>The country-flags in the panel display but switching among languages/countries in the "KDE keyboard layout switcher" widget in the panel doesn't actually switch the input language.
It looks like the keyboard shortcut to switch the layout is not set.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

someone filed the bug upstream refering to this one : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457513 please comment there as well. thanks in advance.

[Mark Zhitomirski (marcuzero)]

Happy Birthday bug 457513! Oops I've missed it - it was 2 months back.
Same story here (Windows XP SP3 EN, Firefox 3.5.5, switching between EN/RU)
I'd be glad to help fix it though I'm afraid a prerequsite for it is configuring build environment, which is usually non-trivial.
Anyone interested in guiding inexperienced programmer with that?

[Ariel Faigon (ariel.faigon)]

This bug is very old. Guess it is time to update.

I no longer see any problem as I used to.

I'm now on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and I can switch languages without problems, both in firefox and elsewhere.

Hope this helps.

[At-light (at-light)]

I think this has been fixed in Firefox 4.0 beta. If this is indeed the case, please say so here, and this bug will be RESOLVED WORKSFORME. Otherwise, please provide current details of the issue.

[At-light (at-light)]

Yep, WORKSFORME in Firefox 4.0b7 on Windows XP (English US builds of Fx and Win), and Firefox latest nightlies on Windows 7 (English US builds of Fx and Win).

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)]

Closing as per comment #7