Hello!

I am using at least 4 keyboard layouts and still looking for a more convenient way to switch between them.

Now I user a keyboard shortcut. However, as I haven't found a way to easily assign a specific shortcut for every single layout, the shortcut only changes them in a row/circle.

1) Can one assign one keyboard shortcut for every keyboard layout? In Windows it was possible.

2) I also like the auto-hiding the panel. Is there a way to make it reappear shortly anytime I am switching the layout so that I could see which layout is currently set? Otherwise it is always a guesswork.

Thank you for your attention and eventual help!

Cheers,
Daniel

For 1) This doesn't appear to be possible in trunk ( assuming you mean a particular shortcut will switch to a particular layout ) at least not directly

For 2) This doesn't appear to be possible.

As a workaround for 1) do the following:

Open Konsole, and enter "qdbus org.kde.keyboard /Layouts getLayoutsList" then run it, keep the output for now.

Open System Settings > Shortcuts and Gestures > Custom Shortcuts. Select Edit > New > Global Shortcut > Command / URL. On the trigger tab, set your desired first layout shortcut. On Action enter: "qdbus org.kde.keyboard /Layouts setLayout <name of layout>". Replace "<name of layout>" with the first entry from the output from the first command. Repeat for the other lines.

Example: Output from command:

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us
uk

Two entries to be created, with the commands:

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qdbus org.kde.keyboard /Layouts setLayout us
qdbus org.kde.keyboard /Layouts setLayout uk

Thanks for your quick reply!

However, I get the following error:

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qdbus org.kde.keyboard /Layouts getLayoutsList
Service 'org.kde.keyboard' does not exist.


Which version of KDE do you use? That interface should be available in 4.5...

The command that works for me in 4.5.4 is

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qdbus org.kde.KXKB /kxkb org.kde.Keyboard.getLayoutsList