Bug 372459

Summary:	screen locker uses layout of the last active window instead of default layout with "Application" switching policy
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Dmitry <shohou>
Component:	kcm_keyboard	Assignee:	Andriy Rysin <arysin>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	bshah, bugseforuns, elman, fuckel, gudvinr+kde, hunter-master, mgraesslin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Dmitry 2016-11-14 08:29:34 UTC

1. Go to the Hardware, Input Devices settings, to the layout tab and choose Application switching policy. Also set your first layout to US and your second layout to RU
2. Open some application and switch to RU layout
3. Lock your screen and see the current locale. It will be RU, but should be US.

Having password in Latin character set and entering password to unlock screen always requires you too look at the current layout because else you could enter something totally different.

PS. Switching policy "Windows" works fine

KDE Plasma version: 5.8.3
KDE Frameworks version: 5.27.0
Qt Version: 5.7.0

Comment 1 Vaso 2017-04-20 08:25:27 UTC

Kubuntu 17.04
plasma-desktop      4:5.9.4-0ubuntu1
plasma-framework    5.31.0-0ubuntu1
qt5-default:amd64   5.7.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4~1

Still reproduce.
I guess it's not kcm_keyboard bug, but screenlocker or kwin.

Comment 2 elman 2018-11-20 06:58:06 UTC

Same issue here.

SUMMARY
kscreenlocker should use default keyboard layout when switching policy is set to Application

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set up primary keyboard layout (e.g en)
2. Add secondary keyboard layout (e.g. sk)
3. Change layout switching policy to Application
4. Use any application and change keyboard layout to sk
5. Lock the screen

OBSERVED RESULT
Lockscreen uses keyboard layout sk

EXPECTED RESULT
Lockscreen should use default keyboard layout en

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.52.0
Qt Version: 5.11.2

Comment 3 Patrick Silva 2019-03-25 17:37:25 UTC

Same bug on my system. Tested with us and pt-br kayboard layouts.

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.56.0
Qt Version: 5.12.2

Comment 4 Vaso 2020-11-14 19:25:09 UTC

The freshest Kubuntu 20.10 and the "cleanest" installation - just boot to live CD, set additional layout, switch to this language, lock the screen, and voila! the language of lockscreen is not English.

Comment 5 Vaso 2020-11-14 19:28:52 UTC

I want to mark that this bug report is very stable, it has consistently one comment per year.