keystroke to change keyboard layout

[mr_scary]

I currently have a flag in the bottom right of my screen. An American flag gives me an English layout and a Canadian flag provides French. Thing is, it is becoming a pain to have to go for the mouse all the time to change. On a previous system I had the keystroke Alt-Shift set up to alternate. These were the lines in xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 option "XkbModel" "pc104"
 option "XkbLayout" "us,ca"
 option "XKbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

But this does not work for me on my current system. Can anyone help?

PM

[kubicle]

Re: keystroke to change keyboard layout

Go to SystemSettings>Keyboard&Mouse>KeyboardShortcuts

The shortcut to change keyboard layouts is the last on the list.

[mr_scary]

Re: keystroke to change keyboard layout

Well my Kubuntu interface is French and I don't have the path you mentioned. However, I did find a configuration window for XKb and it does offer many keystroke options to change "groups" but no matter which I choose nothing happens when I hit the sequence of keys.

[kubicle]

Re: keystroke to change keyboard layout

Well my Kubuntu interface is French and I don't have the path you mentioned.

if you use kcontrol, the module is under 'Regional & Accessibility'. If you can't find it, you can access the module directly with:

kcmshell keys

[mr_scary]

Re: keystroke to change keyboard layout

Yes, that's where I was. So, as I explained, the keystrokes I choose do not have any effect.

Thanks for your patience.

PM

[kubicle]

Re: keystroke to change keyboard layout

Yes, that's where I was.

Xkb settings are under 'Keyboard Layouts' (which is where you probably were).
You need to go to 'Keyboard Shortcuts' (the shortcut to change keyboard layouts is the last on the list)

[mr_scary]

Re: keystroke to change keyboard layout

Ah. Got it. Thank you.