SUMMARY On the KDE Linux (and KDE neon) installation process, you can choose the keyboard type. I chose a Japanese keyboard, but it appears that the keyboard is still recognized as an English keyboard (or other keyboard for a Western language?). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_input_method#/media/File:KB_Japanese.svg for the Japanese keyboard layout. STEPS TO REPRODUCE See the screencast: https://youtu.be/7Wqlsjf6bjw 1. Choose Generic 105-key keyboard > Japanese > Default keyboard 2. Focus on the text input for the test 3. Type `1234567890` with the shift key. OBSERVED RESULT `!@#$%^&*()` (probably English key map) is entered in the text input EXPECTED RESULT `!"#$%&'()~` is entered in the text input SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Linux version: Build 2025-08-02 02:54 (kde-linux_202508020254.raw) Linux/KDE Plasma: Unknown KDE Plasma Version: Unknown KDE Frameworks Version: Unknown Qt Version: Unknown ADDITIONAL INFORMATION N/A
Thanks for the bug report!. Let's move the discussion to https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/kde-linux/-/issues; can you open an report there if this is still happening to you with the latest image? We're transitioning away from Bugzilla for KDE Linux in the interest of centralizing everything on invent for simplicity (despite Gitlab Issues being in some ways inferior to Bugzilla; we're going to give it a go and see how it works out).
Sorry, I can't preserve my resources for a while to check if this issue still happens. I will open an Issue on the Invent when I can check again.
Moved to: https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/kde-linux/-/issues/311