Version: ?????? (using KDE 3.2.3, compiled sources) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.3 OS: Linux (i686) release 2.4.26 I use Hindi and English in KDE 3.2.3, So to switch the keyboard layout the shortcut key is "CTRL+ALT+K", I want to switch to [Dev] i.e., Hindi and [US] i.e., English one after the other. To do that: I am supposed to press CTRL+ALT+K to switch to Hindi layout and again CTRL+ALT+K to switch to US/English layout. But after switching of keyboard layout to Hindi (non english) layout, the Keyboard shortcuts are not working. Because it (shortcut manager) is expecting CTRL+ALT+K but it is getting "CTRL+ALT+U0915". Hence keyboard layout switching is not working. I got it fixed by assigning "Alternate keyboard shortcut" to "CTRL+ALT+U0915". Like the above problem. all shortcuts are not working due to the switchover to Unicode characters. CTRL+A is used to "Select ALL" text/stuff, but when we change the keyboard layout to non-english (here I mean [Dev] Hindi) the shortcut CTRL+A is not working because it (the keyboard layout) is sending "CTRL+U094B" instead of "CTRL+A". Due to this switch in Keyboard layout all existing keyboard shortcuts which is present in [US] English layout is not working in other (non-english) keyboard layouts. Suggestion: 1. It would be great if layout change also triggers keyboard shortcut change in "kcmshell keys" or 2. if a user select 2 keyboard layout then the shortcuts resembling/similar to US keyboard layout should get appended to non-english keyboard shortcuts. Example: if user adds Hindi Language then kcmkeys should append "CTRL+U094B" as alternative shortcut for "CTRL+A" Thanks.
Fedora Core 2, KDE v3.2.2-6-redhat I´m using 2 keyboard layers: US and IL (Hebrew). When I switch to Hebrew, allmost all keyboard shortcuts become inactive. Things like CTRL+ALT+K, CTRL+A etc. However, shortcuts on nutral keys continue to function, i.e. ALT+CTRL+SPACE, CTRL+1 etc.
This is true for every non-latin kb layout, and its very annoying, if you have more that 2 kb layouts(the extra ones are non-latin), its impossible to use the kb shortcut in at least one of them, in other words you can use the kb shortcuts only for two kb layouts. this is a very ugly lemitation.
I would like to confirm the above (very annoying) defect for the Greek layout. The problem is much more serious than "Normal". In fact it effectively cripples KDE for all non-English users, especially the ones who use it extensively for large-scale input. And it seems the bug has been there forever.
Turn on "Include Latin layout" in kxkb.
The problem is confirmed under openSUSE 10.2 Alpha4, KDE 3.5.4. I recommend a solution for KDE: Please make this checkbox "on" by default for all languages.
See also: http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204402
> Please make this checkbox "on" by default for all languages. You get my vote for that
This should be now working as expected as KDE4 switches layout groups (instead of switching whole layout map).