change keyboard layout under xfce
 

i can't change the layout under xfce it was pretty fine under kde, used to change it with ctrl+alt+k ,, and also i modified custom change with ctrl+space ,, but it wont work with xfce

and also i wanna know the the location of the directory like " ~/.kde/Autostart " for xfce.

Most can be found in Settings > Window Manager. You can create application shortcuts though the keyboard utility which is under Settings.

settings > system settings > shourtcuts and gestures > global keyboard shortcuts

only "KDE keboard key layout switcher" option and i modified it but does not work.

System settings is for KDE. You need to go to the Window Manager option in the Settings menu and choose the keyboard tab.

From the Xfce forum: "You can try to install xfce4-xkb-plugin and to add it to your panel, it allows you to quickly change the current keyboard layout. The feature to add a keyboard shortcut to change among the layout added in xfce4-settings is planned for 4.10".

Alternatively you could try Xfce Settings -> Keyboard -> Application shortcuts -> Add -> Command: setxkbmap -layout fr (adjust as required) -> OK -> <press the key combination you want>

i can't find anything related to changing the layout there.

it works fine , is there a way lemme toggle between the two layouts instead of assigning each one a shortcut !

You could have a script that does the toggling and set the application shortcut to call the script. Unfortunately I cannot find a command that reports the current keymap. A workaround would be for the script to write a note of the last map it set which it could read to find out the current map and then set the other.

That is not very robust because, if the file is permanent, it has a 50% chance of indicating the wrong map on initialisation (logon? boot?). Ideally the file would be removed during initialisation. For interactive use that might be "good enough", especially if the script also flashed up a notification of which keyboard it had set.

Did you go to Window Manager or Window Manager Tweaks?

@katkin i think changing kb layout is trivial n i don't need to write a script 4 it anyway and setxkbmap is good :), but for additional info , can "scim" help here !!

@tribulation he is a shot of window manager's keyboard tab


i went through it all but i could not find a shortcut for changing layout so i can set, and also i can't add new shortcuts only modify.

Maybe the xfce4-xkb-plugin can help you there.

Oh I see, I misunderstood what you were looking for, sorry about that.

i installed it, but i dont know where it's location to run it :D ,, how i can add it to the panel !
it's okay ,, thank u for interest :)

If you've installed it you should be able to right click on the panel, choose to add new item, and find it in the list. That's how it's worked for me, in any case.

@tribulation yes it works for me too now :)

Glad I could provide some answers.