I can't add more than 4 keyboard layouts on my ubuntu. It just won't let me add more. And I in need of at least 4 more. Anyone else encountered this problem and can give me some advice? Thanks in advance :)
1 Answer
This is a known bug/limitation. The only workaround is to set up a shortcut to a script that switches between sets of keyboard layouts.
Based on this post on UF.org:
Setup the first four layouts, then run the following two commands in a terminal:
gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts gsettings get org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts
Setup the second four layouts, then again run the above commands.
Now open the text editor gedit (press Super, type gedit, press Enter) and paste the following:
#!/bin/bash layout_one="[de deadgraveacute,al,ara,be]" layout_one_dconf="['de\tdeadgraveacute', 'al', 'ara', 'be']" layout_two="[de deadgraveacute,ba,ph,gb]" layout_two_dconf="['de\tdeadgraveacute', 'ba', 'ph', 'gb']" current=$(gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts) if [ "$current" == "$layout_one" ] then new="$layout_two" new_dconf="$layout_two_dconf" else new="$layout_one" new_dconf="$layout_one_dconf" fi gconftool-2 --set --type list --list-type string /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/layouts "$new" gsettings set org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard layouts "$new_dconf"
Make sure to replace the layouts for
layout_one
,layout_one_dconf
,layout_two
, andlayout_two_dconf
in that script with the output from steps 1 and 2. If there's empty space in a layout name, make sure to use a tab character rather than spaces (just copy and paste from the terminal).- Save it somewhere, e.g. /home/YOURUSERNAME/Documents/scripts/keyboard-layout-switch
From a terminal, run:
chmod +x ~/Documents/scripts/keyboard-layout-switch
to make the script executable.
Now you need to set a shortcut to call that script: press Super, type keyboard, press Enter.
In the keyboard settings, go to the Shortcuts tab and on the left click on Custom Shortcuts.
Click on the tiny
+
icon to create a new shortcut with:- Name: Change Keyboard Layouts
- Command:
/home/YOURUSERNAME/Documents/scripts/keyboard-layout-switch
Click on apply, then click on
Disabled
to set the desired shortcut:You now should be able to switch between two sets of four keyboard layouts with the shortcut you set.
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