GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 712667
Unable to use shortcuts started with Ctrl+Shift if keyboard layout switching hotkey is set to Ctrl+Shift
Last modified: 2020-06-02 16:31:37 UTC
I use Left Ctrl+Shift as keyboard layout switching hotkey long time. It works normally in GNOME 3.4 (for example, in Ubuntu 12.04.3). What I mean by "works normally": 1. It switches keyboard layout 2. It allows me to copy and paste text in gnome-terminal even if I selected non-latin layout (for example, Russian) 3. It allows me to select text with Ctrl+Shift+arrows. 4. It allows me to switch tabs in Firefox from right to left (with Ctrl+Shift+Tab). In newer versions of GNOME I can't perform pp. 2, 3 and 4. I tested this on Ubuntu 13.10 (GNOME 3.6 and GNOME 3.10 - see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245473) AltLinux p7 (GNOME 3.8), Mageia 4 (GNOME 3.10) and Sabayon (GNOME 3.10). As a temporary solution I can use right Ctrl+Shift as keyboard layout switch and left Ctrl+Shift for pp.2-4. But it is not comfortable for me. So, please fix this bug.
(In reply to comment #0) > I use Left Ctrl+Shift as keyboard layout switching hotkey long time. It works > normally in GNOME 3.4 (for example, in Ubuntu 12.04.3). > What I mean by "works normally": > 1. It switches keyboard layout > 2. It allows me to copy and paste text in gnome-terminal even if I selected > non-latin layout (for example, Russian) > 3. It allows me to select text with Ctrl+Shift+arrows. > 4. It allows me to switch tabs in Firefox from right to left (with > Ctrl+Shift+Tab). > > In newer versions of GNOME I can't perform pp. 2, 3 and 4. I don't know where you got the idea that 2, 3 and 4 used to work before. It never worked, I just tested with GNOME 2.28 and X server 1.13. In fact, it can not be made to work as long as the layout switch is triggered on key press (as opposed to on key release). See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865 .
Thany for reply, Rui. But it really works on Ubuntu 12.04.3 (with gnome-session-fallback 3.2.1-0ubuntu8 and GNOME 3.4.2). Please install and test it if you do not believe me. I have this setting on two machines - it works on both.
And please keep this bug UNCONFIRMED until not tested described case.
Bug exists in Fedora 20 and OpenSuSe 13.1 too.
Hello, Rui! Have you installed Ubuntu 12.04 and tested that this bug does not exist in it?
Hello, Rui! How do you do? I found another confirmation on my friend's installation of Ubuntu 12.04 with GNOME 3.4.2. He has Ctrl+Shift as keyboard layout switching shortcut and he can use Ctrl+Shift+C/V for copying and pasting text in GNOME terminal. So please, kindly confirm, reopen and fix this bug in newer releases of GNOME (starting from at least 3.8.x - it will be used in Red Hat 7 and Gentoo stable soon).
Bug exists in Red Hat Enterprise(!!) Linux Workstation 7.0.
Did you changed your opinion after for years of not fixing this bug? Users still need this functionality (see https://askubuntu.com/q/1009352/66509 as example).
Did you changed your opinion after 5 years of not fixing this bug? Users still need this functionality (see https://askubuntu.com/q/1009352/66509 as example).
Hello, Putting CTRL+SHIFT as the keyboard layout change hotkey should not disable all CTRL+SHIFT+<Any key> I can confirm this bug is real and is affecting more and more people. CTRL-SHIFT used not to conflict with other keybindings. Now it does. Witnessed here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1009352/os-keyboard-shortcuts-conflict-with-apps-keyboard-shortcuts-in-gnome-3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1245473 I really wish this bug would be fixed. Please.
I understand that people living in an English speaking country do not get how engraved the ctrl+shift shortcut is in peoples heads and just saying that it is not worth fixing is a bad idea. It is mostly people who deal with windows who are using this shortcut a lot. And by refusing to fix this you are adding another barrier for entry in to the linux ecosystem.