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Moloch1994

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Registered: 2021-01-27

Posts: 6

Re: Switching keyboard layouts

Universal kbd layout switching method and tool:

For all of you - here is the cure for a long time known KDE 3 problem - switching with some key combinations, specially with Alt+Shift.

1. Open Synaptic --> Search for: kkbswitch-trinity (current ver. 4:14.0.4) and install it.
2. Open Trinity Control Panel --> Regional & Accessibility --> Keyboard Layout
3. Remove ANY kind of ENGLISH layout you have and JUST add your local (native) language. In my case - Bulgarian.
4. Very important step: please, check "Include latin layout" with your native layout.
5. Goto "Swithing Options" Tab
6. Uncheck "Show indicator for single layout" and "Show country flag" - these will be maintained by KKBSwitch application.
7. Goto "Xkb Options" Tab
8. Here, you can choose switching combinations you like - in my case - Alt+Shift

That all, you may close Trinity Control Center now and start KKBSwitch ( Alt+F2 --> kkbswitch)
Probably, you won't see English and your country flag at first, so feel free to set them up from "Settings" on KKBSwitch.

Step-by-step screenshots:

https://s19.postimg.cc/6lz0d99up/snapshot1.png
https://s19.postimg.cc/q3tnt7m81/snapshot2.png
https://s19.postimg.cc/3rvuzu2jl/snapshot3.png
https://s19.postimg.cc/hlk7ovnf5/snapshot4.png
https://s19.postimg.cc/4henc6fxt/snapshot5.png

Hope this helps. Greetings from sunny Buglaria!

This absolutely helps, thank you!