Comment 306 for bug 1218322

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Mikhail V. Golubev (mvgolubev) wrote :

I have too many questions about this new "Text Entry" keyboard switcher in Ubuntu 13.10

1. How to set several different combinations for one action ("Switch to next source")? I want use "CapsLock" and "R_Ctrl + R_Shift" and "L_Alt + Space". How I can do this now? New hotkeys selection method lets me set only one hotkey combination per action.

2. When I set new hotkey combination for action "Switch to next source" and press R_Ctrl+R_Shift how you can correctly determine what actualy I mean:
"R_Ctrl+R_Shift" or "R_Ctrl+Any_Shift" or "Any_Ctrl+R_Shift" or "Any_Ctrl+Any_Shift"
Because it is different combinations.
It's impossible to determine it correctly with new hotkeys input method.

How to solve these two problems?
Please return checkboxes for keyboard language switching hotkeys (like in Ubuntu 12.04) and I will be able to select manually one or more combinations for action "Switch to next source":
[v] L_Alt + Space
[ ] R_Alt + Sapce
[v] CapsLock
[ ] L_Ctrl + L_Shift
[ ] L_Ctrl + R_Shift
[ ] R_Ctrl + L_Shift
[v] R_Ctrl + R_Shift
[ ] Any_Ctrl + Any_Shift
[ ] L_Alt + L_Shift
[ ] L_Alt + R_Shift
[ ] R_Alt + L_Shift
[ ] R_Alt + R_Shift
[ ] Any_Alt + Any_Shift
[ ] L_Alt + R_Alt
[ ] L_Ctrl + R_Ctrl
[ ] L_Shift + R_Shift

3. When I set CapsLock for "Switch to next source" action it works fine in system. But in screen lock menu (when I type my password to unlock the screen) CapsLock cannot switch keyboard layout language, in this case it always works like regular CapsLock (upper-case letters).
Other hotkey combinations also doesn't work for keyboard language switch in lock screen window.

4. Keyboard language indicator in the top-right side of unity panel sometimes doesn't change indication when keyboard language switches after pressing hotkeys.

5. Keyboard language indicator in lock screen window sometimes doesn't appear.

Who is developer of this new "Text Entry" switcher in Ubuntu 13.10?
I suppose he is not a multilingual person and he never use multilingual keyboard switching in real life. Because new realization of this feature in Ubuntu is terrible. Stupid bugs in final release it's ridiculous.