Public bug reported: Keyboard > Shortcuts Typing > Alternative Characters Key set to Caps Lock disables Caps Lock without enabling alternative characters, tried this without good results in 15.10, but I found out about this problem on askubuntu with user of 14.04 encountered this problem first.
After setting Alternative Characters Key to Caps Lock, Caps Lock does not help to write alternative characters and it is disabled from functioning normally. unity-control-center: Installed: 15.04.0+15.10.20150923-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 15.04.0+15.10.20150923-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 15.04.0+15.10.20150923-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://sk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected to be able to write alternative characters after pressing Caps Lock. Instead Caps Lock is not responsive. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: unity-control-center 15.04.0+15.10.20150923-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-21.25-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Dec 20 12:07:03 2015 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-04 (45 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) JournalErrors: No journal files were found. -- No entries -- SourcePackage: unity-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1527988 Title: Keyboard > Shortcuts Typing > Alternative Characters Key set to Caps Lock disables Caps Lock without enabling alternative characters To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-control-center/+bug/1527988/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs