Binding ctrl+shift, alt+shift, etc for switching keyboard layout makes shortcuts with ctrl+shift, etc not working in any program

Bug #1245473 reported by kolen
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Unity
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Bug Description

Tried only with ctrl+shift, maybe behaves the same for other modifier key combinations when used as shortcut for switching layouts.

- Set ctrl+shift as shortcut for switching keyboard layouts
- Try to use ctrl+shift+v, ctrl+shift+c in Terminal -- it doesn't work (actually Terminal window loses focus when ctrl+shift is pressed, and layout is switched)

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For other layout switching problems introduced in Ubuntu 13.10 you can see bug 1218322.
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-0ubuntu11.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 28 16:40:02 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-23 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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kolen (incredible-angst) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report.

To fix that properly we need to key grabbing to happen in unity

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Merged bug 1246656 here. It's description was:
"In 12.04.3 I was able to use Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V for copying and pasting text in gnome-terminal even if my keyboard layout change hotkey is set to Ctrl+Shift.
In Saucy I can't use these shortcuts in gnome-terminal."

Bug exists with the latest versions of packages (gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45.1, gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-0ubuntu11.1).

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Lockal (lockal) wrote :

Highly important for blender. Blender uses all kind of keyboard shortcuts: ctrl+alt+key, ctrl+shift+key, ctrl+alt+key, ctrl+alt+shift+key, control+space, shift+space, alt+space, ctrl+alt+space... There is an alternative way to get access to these functions, but shortcuts are essential in blender (like in vim). List of keyboard shortcuts in blender (only for 2 modes, while blender has about 10 different modes): http://wiki.blender.org/index.php?title=User:Lockal/Keyboard&action=render

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kolen (incredible-angst) wrote :

Possibly caused by bug 1244090: when keys to change layout are pressed, focus moves away from application to some system app, therefore app cannot receive keypress events.

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Andrey (abelt) wrote :

It's probably related to fix released for bug #1218322

Andrey (abelt)
tags: added: keyboard-layout-switching-related
tags: added: keyboard-layout-switching-hotkeys
removed: keyboard-layout-switching-related
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

I reported to upstream about shortcuts started from Ctrl+Shift.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Won't Fix
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Yuriy Padlyak (gneeot) wrote : Re: [Bug 1245473] Re: Binding ctrl+shift, alt+shift, etc for switching keyboard layout makes shortcuts with ctrl+shift, etc not working in any program

What about CTRL+SHIFT+t in browsers? It is very annoying now going to the
menu every time you want to restore a closed tab :(

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Roland Bertolom (bertolom-1) wrote :

Maybe that will help for someone as workaround or smth. If you bind for switching keyboard layout to [left-ctrl] + [left-shift] than only [left-ctrl] + [any-shift] would not work. While [any-shift] + [right-ctrl] still works _IF_ you press [shift] first. And if you press keys in such order it, in fact, doesn't switch keyboard.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Unable to use Ctrl+Shift+key shortcuts (for example Ctrl+Shift+arrows for selecting text) on Ubuntu 14.04 with all updates installed if keyboard layout switching is set to Ctrl+Shift.

tags: added: trusty
removed: amd64
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Did a fresh install of latest (2013-03-16) Ubuntu 14.04 image, set Ctrl+Shift as layout switch.
I unable to copy test with Ctrl+Shift+arrows, copy and paste text in gnome-terminal with Ctrl+Shift+C/V.
Tested on GNOME FlashBack session (Metacity, Compiz). But I can do this way on Unity session.

Please fix this bug before Ubuntu 14.04 final release.

tags: added: trusty-desktop
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen is broken too if layout switching is set to Ctrl+Shift.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Made a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04 beta2 ( 4cf9e5ef2c1c362317c90312c76cfda0 *ubuntu-14.04-beta2-desktop-i386.iso).

There is a big problem with shortcuts, which start from Ctrl+Shift if layout switching key is set to Ctrl+Shift in GNOME sessions (Compiz and Metacity):
1. I can't copy and paste text in gnome-terminal with Ctrl+Shift+C/V
2. I can't make Screenshot of desired area to clipboard with Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen
3. I can't select text with Ctrl+Shift+arrows in gedit
4. I can't select text with Ctrl+Shift+arrows in LibreOffice Writer

Please fix these bugs before Ubuntu 14.04 final release.

You can see all non-latin shortcut problems in my Google Docs table (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao5e713Ig9g_dEJrX2NRYlpLWWVzSWxsVXU4ck9HYVE&usp=sharing , Sheet "!!! Non-latin shortcuts (14.04)").

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Ubuntu 14.04 with all updates for today - bug exists. Please fix it as soon as possible.

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Roland Bertolom (bertolom-1) wrote :

Gmm... I updated to 14.04 just yesterday and it looks that bug vanished. Tested shorcuts in terminal (ctrl+shift+c/ctrl+shift+v) in Brackets IDE and in Firefox (ctl+shift+arrows, ctrl+shift+s). It is also looks that applications do not loose focus when layout switching.
So, I can't confirm this bug in 14.04.
P.S. It looks that PrintScreen works only for windows (alt+print) at all. But that's a different story.

Norbert (nrbrtx)
description: updated
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

@Roland Bertolom
on which session you got these positive results?

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In , Norko (norko-solko) wrote :

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0

Let's assume for clarity that keyboard layout shortcut is set to <Ctrl+Shift>.
In previous versions of GNOME this key combination did not interfere with other hotkey combinations. But nowadays it is broken.

- Set ctrl+shift as shortcut for switching keyboard layouts
- Try to use ctrl+shift+v, ctrl+shift+c in Terminal -- it doesn't work (actually Terminal window loses focus when ctrl+shift is pressed, and layout is switched)

Steps to Reproduce (S); Actual Results (AR); Expected Results (ER)

Test case No. 1:
(S): Open gnome-terminal, type some command, try to copy the command with <Ctrl+Shift+C> and to paste it with <Ctrl+Shift+V>.
(ER): Text is copied and pasted, keyboard layout is not changed.
(AR): Text is not copied and not pasted, but keyboard layout is changed.

Test case No. 2:
(S): Open Firefox web-browser, open new tab, go to some site, close this tab, try to recover tab with <Ctrl+Shift+T>
(ER): Recently closed tab is opened, keyboard layout is unchanged
(AR): Firefox opened new tab, keyboard layout is changed

Test case No. 3:
(S): Open any text editor (gedit libreoffice Writer), type some text with several words, try to select some of that words with <Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow> or <Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow>
(ER): Text is selected by words, keyboard layout is not changed
(AR): Text is not selected, keyboard layout is changed

Test case No. 4:
Open Blender (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1245473/comments/5 for details)

Test case No. 5:
(S): Try to make a screenshot of desired window region with <Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen>
(ER): Cursor is changed to cross, desired area is selected by user, screenshot is copied to clipboard, keyboard layout is not changed
(AR): Whole screen screenshot is saved to clipboard, keyboard layout is changed

The aforementioned test-cases works as expected on previous versions of GNOME (for example 3.4.2 in Ubuntu 12.04).

Reproducible: Always

This bug exists at least in Ubuntu (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1245473), RedHat 7 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091631), the bug is reported to upstream (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712667) with no luck.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (openSUSE):
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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ivan (funivan) wrote :

I use Ubuntu 14.04 and this bug still present. If you can, please fix it. I use Alt+shift and this combination does not work with other keys in programs.

Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
affects: gnome-settings-daemon → gnome-shell
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Ubuntu 14.04.1 with all updates, Ctrl+Shift as layout switch (English and Russian).
I unable to use <Ctrl+Shift+arrows> for text selection and <Ctrl+Shift+T> in Firefox, <Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen> in the following sessions:
* GNOME Session (Metacity)
* GNOME Session (Compiz)

All these shortcuts work as expected in Unity.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

It's great that Ubuntu 14.10 MATE beta is not affected by this bug.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Ubuntu Utopic 14.10 final with all updates, Ctrl+Shift as layout switch (English and Russian).
I unable to use <Ctrl+Shift+arrows> for text selection and <Ctrl+Shift+T> in Firefox, <Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen> in the following sessions:
* GNOME Session (Metacity)
* GNOME Session (Compiz)

All these shortcuts work as expected in Unity.

Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
tags: added: amd64
removed: trusty-desktop
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: removed: amd64
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in Ubuntu 15.04 alpha2., Ctrl+Shift as layout switch (English and Russian).
I unable to use <Ctrl+Shift+arrows> for text selection and <Ctrl+Shift+T> in Firefox, <Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen> in the following sessions:
* GNOME Session (Metacity)
* GNOME Session (Compiz)

All these shortcuts work as expected in Unity.

tags: added: vivid
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in Ubuntu 15.04 beta2., Ctrl+Shift as layout switch (English and Russian).
I unable to use <Ctrl+Shift+arrows> for text selection and <Ctrl+Shift+T> in Firefox, <Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen> in the following sessions:
* GNOME Session (Metacity)
* GNOME Session (Compiz)

All these shortcuts work as expected in Unity.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in Ubuntu 15.04 final, Ctrl+Shift as layout switch (English and Russian).
I unable to use <Ctrl+Shift+arrows> for text selection and <Ctrl+Shift+T> in Firefox, <Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen> in the following sessions:
* GNOME Session (Metacity)
* GNOME Session (Compiz)

All these shortcuts work as expected in Unity.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in Ubuntu 15.10 alpha (same behaviour as in comment 26).

tags: added: wily
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Fedora) → ubuntu
Changed in ubuntu:
importance: Unknown → Undecided
status: Unknown → New
no longer affects: ubuntu
affects: gnome-settings-daemon (ALT Linux) → ubuntu
Changed in ubuntu:
importance: Unknown → Undecided
status: Unknown → New
no longer affects: ubuntu
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in Ubuntu 15.10 beta2, Ctrl+Shift as layout switch (English and Russian).
I unable to use <Ctrl+Shift+arrows> for text selection and <Ctrl+Shift+T> in Firefox, <Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen> in the following sessions:
* GNOME Flashback (Metacity)
* GNOME Flashback (Compiz)

All these shortcuts work as expected in Unity.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in Ubuntu 15.10 final, Ctrl+Shift as layout switch (English and Russian).
I unable to use <Ctrl+Shift+arrows> for text selection and <Ctrl+Shift+T> in Firefox, <Ctrl+Shift+PrintScreen> in the following sessions:
* GNOME Flashback (Metacity)
* GNOME Flashback (Compiz)

All these shortcuts work as expected in Unity.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in 16.04 as described in #29.

tags: added: xenial
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in 16.10 as described in #29.

tags: added: yakkety
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Eli (eliterdaboss) wrote :

Could the bug I reported ( Bug #1644959 ) be a duplicate of this bug?

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Velkan (velkan-s) wrote :

17.04 with GNOME Shell: can't use the Alt+Shift+# key combination in the gnome-terminal because of that.

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Anton (truthzp) wrote :

Ubuntu 17.04 + GNOME Shell 3.24.2 with all updates. Bug exists.
When set combination for switch keyboard layout - CTRL + Shift, then can't use any hotkeys with CTRL+Shift combination.

Any solutions?

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Bug exists in 17.10 too. So it's time to switch to Ubuntu with MATE Desktop Environment.

tags: added: artful zesty
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Ubuntu 17.10: unable to open new tab in gnome-terminal with <Ctrl+Shift+T> if layout switcher is <Ctrl+Shift>.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Unable to use Ctrl+Shift+key shortcuts (for example Ctrl+Shift+arrows for selecting text) on Ubuntu 17.10 with all updates installed if keyboard layout switching is set to Ctrl+Shift. Both on Xorg and Wayland.

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Ubuntu 17.10 with MATE desktop is affected by this bug (see bug 1720364). I hoped that this would not happen.

I'll continue to use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with MATE desktop. I hope they fix this bug before Ubuntu 20.04 LTS release.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Unable to use Ctrl+Shift+key shortcuts (for example Ctrl+Shift+arrows for selecting text) on fresh clean Ubuntu 17.10 final with all updates installed if keyboard layout switching is set to Ctrl+Shift. Both on Xorg and Wayland.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Fedora):
importance: Unknown → Undecided
status: Unknown → In Progress
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: bionic
removed: saucy vivid wily yakkety
Changed in xorg-server:
importance: Unknown → High
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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In , Daniel Stone (daniels) wrote :

(In reply to Kovács Viktor from comment #181)
> Sorry, on newer Linux you can set up hot key combination for that problem as
> graphical UI settings, older Linux versions will not be updated. May I close
> It?

Please do not close this bug. If you do not want to receive any further updates on it, you can unsubscribe by removing yourself from the Cc list.

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In , Mim-t (mim-t) wrote :

(In reply to Alex Efros from comment #186)
> (In reply to k0fe from comment #185)
> > (In reply to Alex Efros from comment #184)
> > > There is a patch, working good enough for years without creating any new
> > > (practical) issues. In comment #161 is was proposed to make it configurable
> > > option to make everyone happy and let users choose between using compliant
> > > protocol or working hotkeys.
> >
> > Where is the link to the patch? Where is the instruction like how to apply
> > this patch? And how can this comment be used by an ordinary user (without
> > knowledge of programming) to solve this problem?
>
> As an ordinary Gentoo Linux user, I:
> - download patch attached to this issue named "The same patch, but based on
> 1.19.1 (fixed)" into directory /etc/portage/patches/x11-base/xorg-server/
> - run `emerge xorg-server` to reinstall Xorg with this patch applied
> - restart X to enjoy working hotkeys :)
>
> If users of other Linux distributions have issues with this - probably they
> just didn't use "newer Linux". </sarcasm>
I'd like to thank you! And great thanks to kyak for the patch!
I confirm that it works for me on "older" Gentoo and xorg-server 1.9.5.

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In , Ztirfe Elgnid (z-figura12) wrote :

There seems to have been a proposed protocol extension (comment #159 etc.) Can anyone shed light, for the outside user, as to the current status of this proposal? Thanks.

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In , Wettstae (wettstae) wrote :

(In reply to Zebediah Figura from comment #189)
> Can anyone shed light, for the outside user, as to the current status of
> this proposal? Thanks.
No news since. Apart from the formal proposal, there are some old patches for its implementation:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034427.html
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034430.html
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034429.html
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034431.html
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034428.html

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In , Daniel Stone (daniels) wrote :

(In reply to Andreas Wettstein from comment #190)
> No news since. Apart from the formal proposal, there are some old patches
> for its implementation:
> https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034427.html
> https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034430.html
> https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034429.html
> https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034431.html
> https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-November/034428.html

Here's what I think we would need to do in order to not break old clients:
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-devel/2013-January/035049.html

Another, probably better, way to do it would be to define a new flag like XkbSA_HasGroupFlags inside the XkbModAction flags field when group_flags and group_XXX are valid rather than potentially garbage. That would avoid the whole version-negotiation nightmare, as nothing appears to be too picky about extra flags being defined.

Five years later, it would also be good to have support inside libxkbcommon (which has a pretty decent test suite) and xcb-proto for the flags.

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In , Beaux-monde-s (beaux-monde-s) wrote :

(In reply to Alex Efros from comment #184)
> There is a patch, working good enough for years without creating any new
> (practical) issues. In comment #161 is was proposed to make it configurable
> option to make everyone happy and let users choose between using compliant
> protocol or working hotkeys.

(In reply to Aliaksei Urbanski from comment #188)
> I'd like to thank you! And great thanks to kyak for the patch!
> I confirm that it works for me on "older" Gentoo and xorg-server 1.9.5.

I could to say, that this patch does not work exactly as expected. See, please, my comment #146 for explanation. So I think, this thread could not be closed.

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In , David-cortes-rivera (david-cortes-rivera) wrote :

Another user here voting for this bug to get patched OFFICIALLY from upstream.

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In , Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Did you changed your opinion after for years of not fixing this bug?

Users still need this functionality (see https://community.ubuntu.com/t/keyboard-layout-switching-problems-and-poll/2876 and https://askubuntu.com/q/1009352/66509 as examples).

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In , Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

All current Ubuntu versions are affected and RHEL too. And nobody cares.

14 years of doing nothing. My congratulations!

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In , Daniel Stone (daniels) wrote :

(In reply to Daniel Stone from comment #191)
> Another, probably better, way to do it would be to define a new flag like
> XkbSA_HasGroupFlags inside the XkbModAction flags field when group_flags and
> group_XXX are valid rather than potentially garbage. That would avoid the
> whole version-negotiation nightmare, as nothing appears to be too picky
> about extra flags being defined.
>
> Five years later, it would also be good to have support inside libxkbcommon
> (which has a pretty decent test suite) and xcb-proto for the flags.

This comment lays out the best way forward for anyone interested to fix this bug. It shouldn't be too difficult, but personally I haven't worked on X11 for quite some time.

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In , Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Just tested simple idea on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS with MATE DE.
Out-the-box it has Xorg 1.18.4 which perfectly allow user to set for example <Ctrl+Shift> keyboard shortcut for keyboard layout switching.
But when I install HWE on 16.04 LTS I get newer Xorg 1.19.5.

Debian 8 (Xorg 1.16.4) and 9 (Xorg 1.19.2) have this problem too (see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891915 ).

So versions 1.16.4, 1.19.2 and 1.19.5 should be patched to bring <Ctrl+Shift> keyboard shortcut functionality back.

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In , Kovács Viktor (kovacs.viktor.developer) wrote :

Did somebody tested Russian rulemak keyboard layout? It is between the extra layouts. It is based on russian layout with latin letters. I' m not a russian man, but I think, just testing first is a good idea!

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In , 7-andrew-0 (7-andrew-0) wrote :

Viktor, could you please elaborate how exactly that may be useful here?

I would also like to ask you to make sure you contribute useful content to this discussion, or if you cannot, resist from posting. I don’t think it helps anyone to to support flamewars in this bug report, or even make the discussion longer than necessary.

tags: added: patch
Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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In , Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

FYI the bug may be temporarily fixed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (with HWE), Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (and Mint 19) using packages from my PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~nrbrtx/+archive/ubuntu/xorg-hotkeys or " ppa:nrbrtx/xorg-hotkeys " ). It contains patched Xorg (with patch from kyak - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xorg-server-bug865/ ). Thank you very much again, kyak!

And it is unbelievable that we need to patch core graphical system component by ourselves to use traditional keyboard shortcuts ...

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sacredwow (mesquunclub) wrote :

Hi,

Is there any fix available for wayland?

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Oded Arbel (oded-geek) wrote :

Norbert: any chance you update your PPA with support for Xorg 1.20 from Cosmic?

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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

@Oded Arbel (oded-geek)

Currently I do not plan to support non-LTS Ubuntu versions.

Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: cosmic
removed: artful zesty
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Snaker (snaker.me) wrote :

I have the same problem on Ubuntu 18.04.
After all these posts.. fix it, please.

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nake89 (nake89) wrote :

Hello,

Putting CTRL+SHIFT as the keyboard layout change hotkey should not disable all CTRL+SHIFT+<Any key>

I can confirm this bug is real and is affecting more and more people.
CTRL-SHIFT used not to conflict with other keybindings. Now it does.

Witnessed here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1009352/os-keyboard-shortcuts-conflict-with-apps-keyboard-shortcuts-in-gnome-3

I really wish this bug would be fixed. Please.

Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: disco
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In , Gitlab-migration (gitlab-migration) wrote :

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Mikhail Chabanov (bolderdush) wrote :

! SOLUTION !

For myself I created temporary hack allowing to switch Keyboard layouts (en<->ru) by Ctrl+Shift on key release. My method does not interfere with other shortcuts. I use it myself on daily basis.

It's simple Python script which listen to Ctrl+Shift key combination and switch layout on release.
It can be downloaded here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IvgvLFwe2HoGtEzuQnrUoAnEZk1ZCcSw/view?usp=sharing
Please read instructions in ReadMe.txt

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Shegon (shegon) wrote :

Yes, I confirm the bug.

Norbert (nrbrtx)
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In , Castro8583bennett (castro8583bennett) wrote :

Hi! I have the same issue i would like to know the solution

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In , Omar8star (omar8star) wrote :
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Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :

Just a silent reminder: I have created a PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~nrbrtx/+archive/ubuntu/xorg-hotkeys ) with patched packages for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial, with HWE) and upwards (including upcoming 19.10), use its description for instructions.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Fedora):
status: In Progress → Won't Fix
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Oded Arbel (oded-geek) wrote :

A. Major kudos to nrbrtx for maintaining the patched Xorg PPA - this was a life saver, and I don't believe it was mentioned enough.
B. Is this still an issue?

Currently - on beta focal, I am using Xorg from Ubuntu (without Norbert's PPA) on KDE Plasma 5.18, and I don't see to have this problem: I have ALT+SHIFT bound to layout change (`setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle`), and ALT+SHIFT changes language while ALT+SHIFT+<other> triggers shortcut (I use Eclipse which defaults to a lot of ALT+SHIFT-* shortcuts).

Is anyone on focal or eoan still have this problem (when using Ubuntu or upstream xorg)?

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Vitaly Kolesnikov (kvs07) wrote :

Confirm the bug. Still no fix for gnome?

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Confirmed in what version?

tags: removed: eoan
tags: removed: xenial
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Alexei Kharchev (alexk84) wrote :

there is solution
Add this repository to sources.list.d
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nrbrtx/xorg-hotkeys/ubuntu focal main

I wrote this comment to Linux Mint forum too

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