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Bug 687443 - [Regression] Cannot change keyboard layout when a shell dialog (like the Alt+F2 one) is open
[Regression] Cannot change keyboard layout when a shell dialog (like the Alt+...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 643111
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: st
3.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-11-02 13:52 UTC by Dmitry Shachnev
Modified: 2012-11-02 14:11 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.5/3.6


Description Dmitry Shachnev 2012-11-02 13:52:13 UTC 
I think the description is informative enough.

Changing keyboard layout in shell-style dialogs worked in 3.4 but doesn't work in 3.6.

I use gnome-shell and gnome-settings-daemon 3.6.1 from Debian experimental repository.
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2012-11-02 14:02:13 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 643111 ***
Comment 2 Dmitry Shachnev 2012-11-02 14:06:02 UTC 
I'm not sure if this should be a duplicate of bug 643111. That bug dates back to 2011-02-23, while my issue is a 3.6 regression (I'm pretty sure I was able to change layout in Alt+F2 dialog in 3.4).

I think this issue is caused by the rewrite of layouts/input methods handling that happened in gnome-settings-daemon this cycle.
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2012-11-02 14:11:34 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> I'm not sure if this should be a duplicate of bug 643111. That bug dates back
> to 2011-02-23, while my issue is a 3.6 regression (I'm pretty sure I was able
> to change layout in Alt+F2 dialog in 3.4).

Yes. In prior versions, the shortcut to switch layout was provided directly by the X server, but since 3.6, it is now handled in gnome-settings-daemon. Bug 643111 is about those shortcuts not working while the compositor has a keyboard grab.