Bug 429536 - Advanced / extended keyboard settings are ignored
Summary: Advanced / extended keyboard settings are ignored
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_keyboard_layout (show other bugs)
Version: 5.20.2
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2020-11-23 09:37 UTC by David Pape
Modified: 2020-12-14 08:55 UTC (History)
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Description David Pape 2020-11-23 09:37:03 UTC 
SUMMARY
Advanced/extended keyboard settings (right-most tab) are ignored. This affects e.g. compose key, layer 3 switch, ... I'm using the german nodeadkeys layout.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable advanced settings by ticking the checkbox on top
2. Under "Position of compose key", check any key, e.g. "menu"
3. Click apply
4. In some text box, try and type "<menu> a e"

OBSERVED RESULT
The right click menu opens

EXPECTED RESULT
The menu key functions as compose key, allowing to write æ

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora 34
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1
Kernel Version: 5.10.0-0.rc4.20201119gitc2e7554e1b85.81.fc34.x86_64
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Radeon RX 570 Series

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 David Pape 2020-11-23 09:48:53 UTC 
Oops, I mean I use the normal keyboard variant, not nodeadkeys. But I also just discovered that setting a different variant doesn't work, either!
Comment 2 David Pape 2020-12-14 08:55:13 UTC 
Everything works again, I was just missing the program setxkbmap. Sorry