Keyboard layout problem.

hrvladev · 2012-11-04 11:58:52

Hello,

I'm an Arch Newbie and have this problem:

I want to have two keyboard layouts(en and bg) and to switch between them with alt+shift command. So i did everything as it is written here and everything works. I have two layouts and I switch between them with alt+shift.
But... when i try to move window to another desktop(e.g. ctrl+alt+shift) it doesn't work, it only changes my keyboard layout. And this is not the desired effect. It should only move my window to another desktop, without changing the layout.

The same thing happens if I use ctrl+shift. Then I can't paste in terminal with ctrl+shift+v. Only switches the keyboard layout...

I'm using this line:

setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle us,bg

So that's it... May someone help me ? I'll be very thankful.

Cheers,
Hristo Vladev.

hrvladev · 2012-11-11 14:52:14

Anybody ?

Trilby · 2012-11-11 15:05:13

I've never used setxkbmap, but can you use another tool to do the keybinding - like xbindkeys?

It sounds like it is grabbing those keys with AnyModifier rather than just those keys themselves, so the key press never gets to openbox as it is intercepted by setxkbmap.

Alber · 2012-11-11 17:43:04

Another way.
Thinking that LXDE is using Openbox.
You can use ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml

http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings#Key_bindings

example: using the Windows key

<keybind key="W-u">
      <action name="Execute">
           <command>setxkbmap us<command>
      </action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-b">
      <action name="Execute">
           <command>setxkbmap bg<command>
      </action>
</keybind>

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#1 2012-11-04 11:58:52

Keyboard layout problem.

#2 2012-11-11 14:52:14

Re: Keyboard layout problem.

#3 2012-11-11 15:05:13

Re: Keyboard layout problem.

#4 2012-11-11 17:43:04

Re: Keyboard layout problem.

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