Bug 450644 - KWIN's bad azerty handling
Summary: KWIN's bad azerty handling
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: input (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2022-02-21 11:17 UTC by ringo
Modified: 2022-04-08 04:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description ringo 2022-02-21 11:17:24 UTC
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azerty keyboards has on top of keybaord where qwerty kort 2  like a symbol of é and some other
but it want to make a É  but i cannot make a easy workout in my keyboard.

i have it in kde  but i use mostly lxqt but want to use it with lxqt the kwin.
some keys do work some keys it makes a bigger variant as example é to É  so you push meta+é to switch to another window  but kwin gives meta+É   there are some other keys but then it get more dificult to understand

got lately a french keyboard but i used before a belgian keyboard it has the same issues.

i know its a bug of 11+ years old. but its i see related to kwin. since i use lxqt.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. azerty keyboard
2. meta+é to switch windows
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT

idk

EXPECTED RESULT

instead of meta+É goes to meta+é

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


kwin tend probably to change keyboard output on this when your input is é or ç as example in meta+  to switch keys further in normal typing in text files etc it do correctly.
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2022-02-21 23:36:06 UTC
Sorry, I don't understand what you are describing at all. Could you please give the exact steps for reproducing this, perhaps with a screen recording? Thanks
Comment 2 ringo 2022-02-22 11:16:45 UTC
fr  layout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0SOgL7FKrM
be layout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SmC_0-J78


it has symbols , some symbols dont work because kwin use the wrong symbol tried to do screenkey but it doesnt do this case.

the windows switching do work. but like key  2  i have to do shift + é i get 2 ,  so meta+&  does work goes to the first windows  meta+é should go to the second window.   problem is kwin translate it to meta+É instead of meta+é   it is with the symbol of Ç the sameit translate to meta+Ç instead of meta+ç    it makes it bigger so it cannot find the key so it  can't   find the windows, i had it in kde too but this setting is lxqt ! cxurrently  switched to fr keyboard but is almost the same. screenkey didnt show the symbol but instead of alt-tab i switch meta+& meta+é to specifik  windows but some symbols kwin translate bad. thats al what i can say  its the keytranslation of  kwin so it cannot use to switch to specifik window so you have to assign another key basicly, this bug is already 12+ years old is not new.
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2022-03-09 04:35:43 UTC
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Comment 4 ringo 2022-03-09 10:34:47 UTC
nevermind this very old kde/kwin bug even lxqt with kwin does the same bad even you do manually in conf files. its not fixed. it should stay unmaintained the bug. can't handle symbols :)
Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2022-03-24 04:35:01 UTC
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no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2022-04-08 04:34:58 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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