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Dmitry Shachnev (mitya57) wrote : Re: [Bug 1226962] Re: Hotkeys not functional in non-latin keyboard layout in 13.10

@Filippos: layout switching not working is a different issue, tracked in
bug 1218322. I hope William will look at it soon.
On Oct 6, 2013 6:00 PM, "Filippos Kolyvas" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thanks Dmitry, i added the ppa, upgraded, rebooted and here are the
> results:
>
> After upgrading, i cannot change layout using the shortcut, change is
> only possible with the mouse, so every layout change on following test
> is made using the mouse on the keyboard indicator:
>
> Gedit (gtk core app): Hotkeys (copy, paste, print) are working on Greek
> layout.
> Kate (KDE app): Hotkeys are not working on Greek layout.
> LibreOffice: Hotkeys are not working on Greek layout.
> Mozilla Firefox: Hotkeys are not working on Greek layout.
> Chromium Browser - Google Chrome: Hotkeys are working on Greek layout.
> Global shortcuts are probably working, for example ctrl+alt+T
> (gnome-terminal) shortcut works, super key +S works too (i haven't tested
> more shortcuts).
>
> Hope that it's going to help.
>
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> Title:
> Hotkeys not functional in non-latin keyboard layout in 13.10
>
> Status in IBus:
> New
> Status in Indicator keyboard:
> Triaged
> Status in Unity:
> Invalid
> Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> New keyboard layout changer in Ubuntu 13.10 introduce old-new bug. Any
> system or application hotkey witch use char (for example: ctrl+alt+t for
> terminal or ctrl+t for new tab in browser) become unfunctional when
> selected non-latin keyboard layout.
> Hotkeys with F1-12, numbers and other non-character buttons works
> perfectly.
>
> Window manager hotkeys not affected by this bug. All hotkeys in system
> parameters->keyboard->hotkeys->windows works perfect with any keyboard
> layout.
>
> Workaround for some system hotkeys and two layouts (english and non-
> latin): rebind all hotkeys in your local layout. For example instead
> of ctrl+alt+t use ctrl+alt+τ (greek tau). That hotkey still work with
> english layout. If you use english and two different non-latin
> layouts this workaround helps only with one of them.
>
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