Switching the keyboard layout on window switch
I'd like to have a particular keyboard layout activated every time I switch a window (or an application). So that I don't have to look at the layout icon to know the current layout.
I can set a hotkey for a particular layout switch in KDE. Still, I have to activate this hotkey somehow. How can it be done? |
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What you can do with multiple drivers is chose whether changing a keyboard affects (a) everything, (b) only the current program, or (c) only the current window. |
DavidMcCann, no I'd like the Latin layout to be activated on every window (or app) switch. So that I knew that if I swith a window the layout would be Latin and I don't have to look at the tray icon to check the layout. I think it could save me some time.
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The point is, pressing a key to shift to Cyrillic layout (if needed) should be a simpler task then checking the current layout in the tray (because I often forget what the current layout is).
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Then what you need is Latin set as default and what I called option (c). That way, even if you've just switched to Cyrillic, the next program started (or even a new window in the same program) will revert to Latin.
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I'm sorry, I don't get it. Should the installation of another keyboard driver solve the problem?
I guess there should be a software that is able to send a key combination every time the window in focus switches. But I'm still to find it's name. |
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I don't think that such a program would be easy to write, as it would have to keep track of the activities of KDE. I've just searched SourceForge and I can't see anything like it.
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