Keyboard Layout Options | Alt/Win behavior incomprehensible

[Thomas Hood]

Just upgraded to oneiric.

The Keyboard Layout Options | Alt/Win key behavior alternatives are:

* Default
    - So what is the "default"?
* Add the standard behaviour to Menu key
    - What is the "standard behaviour"? What is its relation to "the default"?
    - Which is the "Menu key"?
* Alt is mapped to Right Win, Super to Menu
    - What does "mapped to" mean? The term "map" is symmetrical, but the application here is asymmetrical. Does this option map the Alt function to the Right Win key, or the Right Win function to the Alt keys? Presumably the first, but it isn't clear. Please say something like "Alt functionality...".
* Alt and Meta are on Alt keys
    - Does this mean that Alt functionality is mapped to the left Alt key and Meta to the right Alt key? Or what? Not clear.
* Left Alt is swapped with Left Win
    - This and other options are not inherently mutually exclusive. So why are these options on radio buttons?

A Help button on the dialog would be nice.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mikel Ward (mikelward)]

Totally agree.

And it uses mapped the wrong way.

When it says "Hyper is mapped to Win", what it really means is "When I press Win, send Hyper".

I think adding a help button is not sufficient. The wording needs to be clearer.

But the descriptions may come from xkb rather than Gnome Control Center.

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

No improvement in Ubuntu 12.04.

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

No improvement in Ubuntu 13.04.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

All of the releases mentioned are past end of life so this bug is being marked "Won't Fix".

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