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Bug 728211 - gnome-keyboard-applet: Numlock state not preserved when switching
gnome-keyboard-applet: Numlock state not preserved when switching
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: keyboard indicator (gswitchit)
2.16.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-04-14 21:16 UTC by Stéphane Aulery
Modified: 2014-04-15 13:14 UTC
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Description Stéphane Aulery 2014-04-14 21:16:45 UTC 
Reported from https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=298552

Num Lock state is not preserved nor remembered when "separate
layout/group for every application/window" is used.
This is annoying on those tiny keyboards that do not have
Num Locks functional :->.

I think the best way would be to have common Num lock, Scroll lock and
Caps Lock state between all apps, but still separate keyboard layouts.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2014-04-15 13:14:06 UTC 
You are using version 2.16.x which is too old and not supported anymore by GNOME developers. GNOME developers are no longer working on that older version, so unfortunately there will not be any bug fixes by GNOME developers for the version that you use.

By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of GNOME.

Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a recent version of GNOME, or feel free to file a bug report in the bug tracking system of your Linux distribution if your distribution still supports your version 2.16.x

(I don't see much sense in forwarding eight year old bug reports to upstream without any indicators that this is still a problem in GNOME 3.x or at least 2.32.)