If >1 keyboard layout is selected, the Keyboard Indicator should become available automatically

[Peter Parkkali]

If there is more than one layout selected in Keyboard Preferences, there should
be a widget in the top panel where one can see and choose the layout.

Currently, if the Keyb. Indicator isn't added manually, the only way to switch
layouts is from the Keyboard Preferences. Even this requires that the "Separate
group for each window" option is first unchecked (it's on by default); if it's
not, selecting a layout only affects the preferences window itself (which
probably isn't what most people would want).

Also, bug #24263 should probably be fixed before this....

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326138: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326138

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug, I've forwarded it upstream:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326138

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Could you explain your issue with the "Separate group for each window" option?
What behaviour would you expect and what does it do?

[Vassilis Pandis (pandisv)]

I think the issue with that is that when you switch the language to French say, you expect your "keyboard" to be French. You usually do not expect to have a "french" firefox and type English in Gaim.

[Kouros (bolozofvelasgo)]

I got an other problem, each time I restart the computer the keyboard layout is changed to USA, but I have a Switzerland(French) keyboard. I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala in english(us), and I don't know how to set the keyboard layout default to Switzerland(French). I deleted USA keyboard layout from the defaults but after restart it sets again USA to default.

[Oddvar Kvernevik (oddvar-kvernevik)]

Up to Ubuntu 9.10 I easily switch keyboard layout between the 3 layouts I use. Now in Ubuntu 10.04 Beta1 its not that easy. Please bring back the keyboard indicator.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug is fixed now in lucid, gsd will display the indicator when there is several layout