Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
[regression] Cannot easily switch between QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard
layouts while using Japanese Anthy input method
Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
In Precise, it was possible in the System Settings program to
separately configure switchable keyboard layouts (e.g., QWERTY,
Dvorak) and switchable input methods (e.g., Anthy). That made it
possible to use the Anthy input method with a Dvorak keyboard layout
and switch between QWERTY and Dvorak for different Japanese typists
using one keyboard shortcut for the layout switch and a different
keyboard shortcut for the input method switch.
In Trusty, the merged Text Entry menu does not support this. The
"Japanese (Anthy)" input source always uses whatever keyboard layout
was in use last. Thus, switching keyboard layouts while staying with
the Anthy input method is very cumbersome. For example, if the user's
text entry sources are:
English (Dvorak)
English (US)
Japanese (Anthy)
Then to switch from "English (Dvorak)" to "Japanese (Anthy)" with a
Dvorak layout, the user must press Shift+Super+Space. If the user
instead presses Super+Space twice, they get "Japanese (Anthy)" with a
QWERTY layout.
Similarly, once "Japanese (Anthy)" is in use with a Dvorak layout,
switching to a QWERTY layout with the same input method requires
pressing Shift+Super+Space followed by Super+Space. Switching back to
Dvorak requires the reverse: Super+Space followed by
Shift+Super+Space.
Furthermore, this workaround is only possible if the user only wants
to switch between two keyboard layouts. If the user wants a third
keyboard layout then it is impossible to order them in such a way as
to make all of them usable with the user's input method(s).
Another user has encountered this problem and posted about it on the
forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2223071
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Aug 25 08:13:12 2014
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
# This is a distribution channel descriptor
# For more information see
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20120703-2
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-07 (625 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary
20120703-15:08
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-24 (0 days ago)
usr_lib_unity-control-center:
activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu14
deja-dup 30.0-0ubuntu4
gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu56.1
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