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#1 2021-07-19 14:23:31
- TheCoon
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Switch keyboard layout using hotkey not offered by xkeyboard-config
xkeyboard-config lists several different options for defining the keyboard combination to switch layout.
http://manpages.org/xkeyboard-config#options
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Option Description │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│grp:switch Right Alt (while pressed) │
│grp:lswitch Left Alt (while pressed) │
│grp:lwin_switch Left Win (while pressed) │
│grp:rwin_switch Right Win (while pressed) │
│grp:win_switch Any Win key (while pressed) │
│grp:caps_switch Caps Lock (while pressed), Alt+Caps Lock does the original capslock action │
│grp:rctrl_switch Right Ctrl (while pressed) │
│grp:toggle Right Alt │
│grp:lalt_toggle Left Alt │
│grp:caps_toggle Caps Lock │
│grp:shift_caps_toggle Shift+Caps Lock │
│grp:shift_caps_switch Caps Lock (to first layout), Shift+Caps Lock (to last layout) │
│grp:win_menu_switch Left Win (to first layout), Right Win/Menu (to last layout) │
│grp:lctrl_rctrl_switch Left Ctrl (to first layout), Right Ctrl (to last layout) │
│grp:alt_caps_toggle Alt+Caps Lock │
│grp:shifts_toggle Both Shift keys together │
│grp:alts_toggle Both Alt keys together │
│grp:ctrls_toggle Both Ctrl keys together │
│grp:ctrl_shift_toggle Ctrl+Shift │
│grp:lctrl_lshift_toggle Left Ctrl+Left Shift │
│grp:rctrl_rshift_toggle Right Ctrl+Right Shift │
│grp:ctrl_alt_toggle Alt+Ctrl │
│grp:alt_shift_toggle Alt+Shift │
│grp:lalt_lshift_toggle Left Alt+Left Shift │
│grp:alt_space_toggle Alt+Space │
│grp:menu_toggle Menu │
│grp:lwin_toggle Left Win │
│grp:rwin_toggle Right Win │
│grp:lshift_toggle Left Shift │
│grp:rshift_toggle Right Shift │
│grp:lctrl_toggle Left Ctrl │
│grp:rctrl_toggle Right Ctrl │
│grp:sclk_toggle Scroll Lock │
│grp:lctrl_lwin_rctrl_menu LeftCtrl+LeftWin (to first layout), RightCtrl+Menu (to second layout) │
│ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Currently I use: grp:alt_shift_toggle
I would like to use the Ctrl+Space combination, but this option isn't available in the list.
Is there a way to get Ctrl+Space to work?
Last edited by TheCoon (2021-07-19 14:24:54)
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#2 2021-07-19 14:29:53
- seth
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Re: Switch keyboard layout using hotkey not offered by xkeyboard-config
xdotool key ISO_Next_GroupOffline
#3 2021-07-19 15:31:09
- TheCoon
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Re: Switch keyboard layout using hotkey not offered by xkeyboard-config
xdotool key ISO_Next_Group
Thank you, I should have mentioned in the first post that I am using Sway WM, and this is how I set the keyboard layout and hotkey settings:
input * {
xkb_layout "us,fr"
xkb_options "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
xkb_numlock enable
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#4 2021-07-19 15:35:13
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Re: Switch keyboard layout using hotkey not offered by xkeyboard-config
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#5 2021-07-19 15:54:29
- TheCoon
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Re: Switch keyboard layout using hotkey not offered by xkeyboard-config
I tried using ydotool, but it seems like it requires root permissions. This was the output using sudo:
ydotool: notice: unable to access ydotoold backend: failed to connect to socket: No such file or directory
ydotool: you may experience device recognition delay issues
Next delay was set to 50 milliseconds.
Key delay was set to 12 milliseconds.
Repeat was set to 1 times.
Repeat delay was set to 20 milliseconds.I found the following GitHub comment which suggests a possible solution (adding my user to the input group, adding a udev rule, and running ydotool on boot):
https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool/ … -624629221
This seems like a rather complex solution to a somewhat simple problem. Is there really no other way?
Last edited by TheCoon (2021-07-19 15:55:36)
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#6 2021-07-19 16:13:28
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Re: Switch keyboard layout using hotkey not offered by xkeyboard-config
Unlikely.
You could try to extend the xkb rules, just
1. there's no guarantee that any wayland implementation will pick that up
2. that's not less complicated at all
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#7 2021-07-19 16:45:51
- TheCoon
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Re: Switch keyboard layout using hotkey not offered by xkeyboard-config
Got it. Thanks for offering an alternative. I'll try it out and see if it works well.
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