GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 687910
Move input source switcher setting to shortcuts typing section
Last modified: 2013-01-14 11:12:34 UTC
We only relegated it to the tweak tool in 3.6 because it came too late. Lets move it in its proper place for 3.8.
You should be able to configure "Switch to next source" and "Switch to previous source" to use two modifier keys directly from System Settings. I don't think this should require an extra section or entry in the keyboard shortcuts - you should be able to do it from the existing entries in the typing section.
(In reply to comment #1) > You should be able to configure "Switch to next source" and "Switch to previous > source" to use two modifier keys directly from System Settings. I don't think > this should require an extra section or entry in the keyboard shortcuts - you > should be able to do it from the existing entries in the typing section. Seems hard to do on the same widget. How do you know that the user intends to use Ctrl+Alt for the shortcut and not Ctrl+Alt+Space for instance ?
(In reply to comment #2) > Seems hard to do on the same widget. How do you know that the user intends to > use Ctrl+Alt for the shortcut and not Ctrl+Alt+Space for instance ? As discussed on IRC, one way you could do this would be to update the shortcut after the keys have been released (if more than one modifier has been held down at once).
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > Seems hard to do on the same widget. How do you know that the user intends to > > use Ctrl+Alt for the shortcut and not Ctrl+Alt+Space for instance ? > > As discussed on IRC, one way you could do this would be to update the shortcut > after the keys have been released (if more than one modifier has been held down > at once). I'll give Allan the task of determining whether the Caps Lock or Num Lock keys are being used as part of the shortcut, or people are just typing numbers or using CAPS. :) All that to say that you can't do that. Rui, use a drop-down menu. I believe that the wacom panel (for which there is a test app) has that functionality in a patch somewhere. CC:'ing ofourdan
Rui: how about something like a combo box entry - predefined choices for modifier-only combinations, and the entry operates like regular accel cell renderer.
*** Bug 687731 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 233408 [details] [review] Add input0-source-switcher to the keyboard panel
Review of attachment 233408 [details] [review]: Looks as good as this thing is going to get I think. Just a minor comment below. ::: panels/keyboard/cc-keyboard-option.c @@ +104,3 @@ }; +GSettings *input_switcher_settings; static missing here