Bug 185970

Summary: keyboard layout only applies to new started application
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Jonathan <jonathan.schluessler>
Component: kcm_keyboard_layoutAssignee: Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kde, rulatir
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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Description Jonathan 2009-03-02 17:07:46 UTC 
Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

When I add a new keyboard layout to my list of used keyboard layouts I cannot immediately choose them in currently running applications. If I select the newly added layout one of the layouts which have been added before is active though the flag and name in the system tray point to the newly added layout.

If I start a new program I can select all added keyboard layouts which have been added to the list before I started the program.

My biggest problem with this bug is, that plasma seems to get started before the list of layouts is applied to a newly started kde session. So everything with plasma uses the standard qwerty layout though none of my two used layouts is qwerty. Things where I cannot use the selectad keyboard layout include widgets like notes, preference windows of widgets and the add widget dialog.
If plasma crashes or if I restart it, the Layout Switcher choice also gets applied to plasma components.

I'm running Arch Linux and have just updated to KDE 4.2.1.
I have this behavior for 2 weeks or so and I don't really now which update caused this Bug. It might be the xf86-input-keyboard and xkeyboard-config. I've updated these packages on the 16th of February.
Comment 1 Szczepan Hołyszewski 2009-03-04 16:41:09 UTC 
Confirm, same problem here.
Comment 2 Szczepan Hołyszewski 2009-03-04 16:41:57 UTC 
Jonathan, please vote for your bug :)
Comment 3 Ben Cooksley 2009-05-01 15:48:27 UTC 
Reassigning.
Comment 4 Michael Jansen 2009-12-08 00:29:11 UTC 
Is this still a problem with kde 4.3 of greater. I think i fixed something causing this some time ago.

If it still is a problem please provide step by step instructions how to reproduce.
Comment 5 Jonathan 2009-12-08 04:11:20 UTC 
The problem is solved for me. At least I can't reproduce it anymore. The described problem with plasma was solved after the update to KDE 4.3.0 AFAIR.
Thanks a lot for fixing this Michael.