/alt-shift-kbd-layout-switcher

Non-blocking Alt-Shift input source switcher for Gnome.

Primary LanguageCMIT LicenseMIT

SUMMARY

Workaround for KDE/GNOME with broken Alt+Shift for layout switching.

Use this daemon if you see one of these problems:

  1. Alt+Shift is an impossible combination for switching llayout.
  2. Shift is ignored in some cases.
    • Press Alt
    • Press Shift
    • Release ONLY Alt
    • Try to type text. Typed text is lowercase, Shift is ignored.
  3. Text is not typed in some cases.
    • Press Alt
    • Press Shift
    • Release ONLY Alt
    • Try to type text. Nothing happens, input blocked and window lost focus.

KDE

  1. Build and install: 
    sudo apt install g++ gcc cmake libxi-dev libx11-dev fakeroot
git clone https://github.com/Azq2/alt-shift-kbd-layout-switcher
cd alt-shift-kbd-layout-switcher/kde/
fakeroot debian/rules binary
dpkg -i ../kde-alt-shift-kbd-layout-switcher_1.0_amd64.deb
  2. Delete any shortcuts for layout switching.
  3. Relogin current KDE session.
  4. Try Alt+Shift, now it works.

GNOME

  1. Build and install: 
    sudo apt install g++ gcc cmake libxi-dev libx11-dev fakeroot
git clone https://github.com/Azq2/alt-shift-kbd-layout-switcher
cd alt-shift-kbd-layout-switcher/gnome/
fakeroot debian/rules binary
dpkg -i ../gnome-alt-shift-kbd-layout-switcher_1.0_amd64.deb
  2. Delete any shortcuts for layout switching.
  3. Relogin GNOME session.
  4. Try Alt+Shift, now it works.

Links

KDE bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484439