Public bug reported: In Precise, it was possible in the System Settings program to separately configure switchable keyboard layouts (e.g., QWERTY, Dvorak) and switchable input methods (e.g., Anthy). That made it possible to use the Anthy input method with a Dvorak keyboard layout and switch between QWERTY and Dvorak for different Japanese typists using one keyboard shortcut for the layout switch and a different keyboard shortcut for the input method switch.
In Trusty, the merged Text Entry menu does not support this. The "Japanese (Anthy)" input source always uses whatever keyboard layout was in use last. Thus, switching keyboard layouts while staying with the Anthy input method is very cumbersome. For example, if the user's text entry sources are: English (Dvorak) English (US) Japanese (Anthy) Then to switch from "English (Dvorak)" to "Japanese (Anthy)" with a Dvorak layout, the user must press Shift+Super+Space. If the user instead presses Super+Space twice, they get "Japanese (Anthy)" with a QWERTY layout. Similarly, once "Japanese (Anthy)" is in use with a Dvorak layout, switching to a QWERTY layout with the same input method requires pressing Shift+Super+Space followed by Super+Space. Switching back to Dvorak requires the reverse: Super+Space followed by Shift+Super+Space. Furthermore, this workaround is only possible if the user only wants to switch between two keyboard layouts. If the user wants a third keyboard layout then it is impossible to order them in such a way as to make all of them usable with the user's input method(s). Another user has encountered this problem and posted about it on the forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2223071 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 25 08:13:12 2014 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20120703-2 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-07 (625 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120703-15:08 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-24 (0 days ago) usr_lib_unity-control-center: activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu14 deja-dup 30.0-0ubuntu4 gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu56.1 ** Affects: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug regression-release trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361189 Title: [regression] Cannot easily switch between QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard layouts while using Japanese Anthy input method To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-control-center/+bug/1361189/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
