Bug 149958

Summary:	Cannot switch keyboard layout with Alt+Shift
Product:	[Unmaintained] kxkb	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Andriy Rysin <arysin>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	elitrou
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Dotan Cohen 2007-09-18 08:11:38 UTC

Version:           3.5.6 (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

I cannot configure Alt-Shift to switch between keyboard layouts. I can configure any other key combination that I want, but when I try "Alt-Shift" I get different results on different machines. No machine accepts it as a shortcut.

Machine 1 (whitebox Intel desktop):
Pressing "Alt-Shift" gives me "Shift+Shift_L". I've also tried "Shift+Alt", which sets "Alt+ISO_Prev_Group".

Machine 2 (whitebox AMD desktop):
The dialog box actually show "Alt+Shift", but as soon as I release the keys the dialog box shows the previous selection.

Machine 3 (Dell Inspiron laptop):
The dialog box actually show "Alt+Shift", but as soon as I release the keys the dialog box shows the previous selection. Pressing "Shift+Alt" shows "Win+Alt+Shift" in the dialog box, but as soon as the keys are released the dialog box shows the previous selection.

I've seen Bug# 73286 that implies a problem with the keyboard not sending the proper codes, however I know that Windows on both desktop machines does in fact work with Alt+Shift (it is the default key combination in that OS). I've never had Windows on the Dell to check. Also, Gnome on all three machines changes layout with Alt+Shift.

Comment 1 Eli Troupiansky 2007-12-31 18:33:32 UTC

The bug is still not fixed.
I'm using Kubuntu 7.10 both on my laptop (HP dv5061ea - 64bit version) and my
desktop - 32 bit. Both machines use KDE 3.5.8 - the latest stable release today.
This is the printout of the version from the desktop.

eli@jule-desktop:~$ kxkb -version
Qt: 3.3.7
KDE: 3.5.8
KDE Keyboard Tool: 1.0

Comment 2 Andriy Rysin 2008-01-03 08:02:17 UTC

Modifier-only shortcuts (like Alt+Shift) are not supported in kxkb in KDE3 and there's no easy way to add that support so KDE3 will never have this possibility.
Though they are supported in KDE4 so I am marking this as fixed.

Comment 3 Dotan Cohen 2008-01-03 20:45:35 UTC

So long as it works in KDE4 then I agree that the bug is fixed. Thanks.