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Bug 325485 - Can't add and use more than 4 keyboard layouts
Can't add and use more than 4 keyboard layouts
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: keyboard indicator (gswitchit)
2.12.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
: 325816 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-01-02 07:34 UTC by Matej Horváth
Modified: 2007-09-23 07:15 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.11/2.12


Description Matej Horváth 2006-01-02 07:34:14 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Can't add and use more than 4 keyboard layouts. If I add them with gconf-editor
(/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts), I can see them in Keyboard
Indicator, but I can still use only 4, the lowest in the list is not used.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Right click on Keyboard Indicator in Gnome Panel and choose "Open Keyboard
Preferences"
2. In the opened window choose "Layouts" tab
3. Add 4 keyboard layouts by clicking "Add" button



Actual results:
"Add" button will get "unclickable" and it's impossible to add more keyboard
layouts.

Expected results:
I can add more than 4 keyboard layouts.

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:
I'm using these keyboard layouts: us, sk_qwerty, cz_qwerty, es, de
Comment 1 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2006-01-02 13:05:40 UTC 
It is restruction of XKB (cannot have more than 4 groups)
Comment 2 Olav Vitters 2006-01-05 00:48:12 UTC 
*** Bug 325816 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Mohammed Adnène Trojette 2007-09-23 02:20:09 UTC 
Is this restriction planned to be fixed?

If I had to file a bug report about it on bugs.fd.o, which component should I file it against?

Thanks.
Comment 4 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2007-09-23 07:15:43 UTC 
GNOME cannot fix it. But new version of XKB is under works on fd.o. So we'll see if it addresses that restriction.. There is no need to file a bug on fd.o. The problem is that your request would require _incompatible_ change in the protocol. So no promises made.