Bug 502952 - You cannot tell what keyboard you are entering in system settings
Summary: You cannot tell what keyboard you are entering in system settings
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs
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Reported: 2025-04-17 23:10 UTC by Kevin Coonan
Modified: 2025-05-18 03:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Screenshot that missed the dropdown no matter how many times I tried...but you get the idea (136.42 KB, image/png)
2025-04-17 23:10 UTC, Kevin Coonan
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Description Kevin Coonan 2025-04-17 23:10:04 UTC
Created attachment 180371 [details]
Screenshot that missed the dropdown no matter how many times I tried...but you get the idea

I could not find the correct KDE version in the list:
KDE Frameworks: 6.12.0
Qt: Using 6.9.0 and built against 6.9.0
openSUSE Tumbleweed (Xcb)
Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-lp64
Kernel: linux 6.14.1-1-default


Just setting up laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad p14s gen5 Intel/NVidia, currently using the Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] and i915 driver) and was going to see if changing my keyboard would let me use the key that they put on for Microsoft Copilot for something other than catching hangnails and gathering lint...

But it would seem that the developers are being forced to pay BY THE LETTER DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN with the drop-down list.  Even when maximized on a 4K display, or even if stretched across three displays, the drop-down stays exactly the same.  I have a choice, it seems, of "Lenovo (pre..", "Lenovo (pre..", "Lenovo (pre..", "Lenovo (pre..", "Lenovo (pre..",  or "Lenovo (pre..". 

I wager that if someone would let the poor developers use more than 11 character-wide dropdown (or let you select the entry so you could paste it into Kate and see what it said) that each of the above options would turn out to be something different!  
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OBSERVED RESULT
Cannot tell what the hell I am entring 

EXPECTED RESULT
Actually knowing what my choices might be
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-04-18 17:41:14 UTC
In general the snarky tone and foul language are not helpful. I understand this is frustrating, but let's try to keep things neutral so we can work on troubleshooting and fixing it rather than feeling defensive or tone policing. Thanks.

As for the issue itself, it would appear you're using some non-default settings. What screen scale factor, general text size, and font DPI (if you're on X11) are you using?

Also, does this issue happen on both X11 and Wayland?

Thanks again!
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-03 03:47:31 UTC
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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-18 03:47:00 UTC
๐Ÿ›๐Ÿงน This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.