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console-setup package

  1. Bug #19159
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 19159

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Philipp Schroeder (philipp.schroeder) wrote : Re: Keyboard map is wrong

Oh, I forgot to mention this.

Philipp wrote:
>I have also noticed that the keyboard indicator *does* change the kb layout, but
>*only for each individual gnome window*. That is, if I click on another window,
>the indicator flips back to the alternate keyboard layout and the keyboard
>behaviour for that particular window is flipped back too.

In order to change this behaviour, you can adjust the settings in the System
Tools > Configuration Editor:

navigate to Desktop > Gnome > Peripherals > Keyboard > General
uncheck 'groupPerWindow'

After this, switching the keyboard layout works for all windows, rather than
just the active one.

I think this should the default behaviour, really...