GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 788405
Keyboard layout change temporarily blocks input
Last modified: 2021-07-05 14:27:51 UTC
I use menu key to change keyboard layout. After upgrading to gnome-shell 3.26 when I press it I get a pop-up window with my layouts and it blocks input: I have to wait a few seconds until it disappear. The problem takes place only if one-key layout switch shortcut is in use (e.g. menu, pause, etc.). Super+space and other multi-key switches work fine.
Same here. I used 'menu' key to switch layout and after upgrade it was almost impossible to use because of couple seconds delay between switching layouts. Workaround that I found for this problem is to use Tweaks (Tweak Tool) to set key for 'Switching to another layout' instead of GNOME settings. If 'menu' is selected there, then there is no delay.
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