Questions tagged [ibus]
Intelligent Input Bus, Ubuntu's default and officially supported input framework.
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Lubuntu 22.04 - iBus / X server won't respond to Alt+Shift for switching keyboard layout
I'm using LXQt on Lubuntu 22.04, and am having trouble switching keyboard layouts (between Hebrew and English). I can switch them by mouse, using the iBus panel applet, but - neither RAlt+Shift nor ...
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mozc seems to be nonfunctional, no Japanese characters appear
I am using Ubuntu 23.04 lunar with Xfce.
I want to be able to type in Japanese language.
I installed iBus and mozc.
It does not seem to be functional. I do see "Japanese - Mozc" in the IBus ...
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How to disable typeahead in Ubuntu 22.04 gnome file manager (Files)
the typeahead search is a bit obnoxious and I would love to disable it. Anyone has an idea how to do that please?
It's very slow as per this topic: Typeahead search slowed down in 22.10 and this bug ...
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ibus quit immediately when shut the terminal, ubuntu 22.04
as the title name, i open terminal in ubuntu 22.04, write the CLI$ ibus-daemon &, it runs and the switch language icon appear on top-right corner. But when i shut the terminal, the ibus shut too ...
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ibus configuration - Selecting a language by one key
This is the fcitx input method configuration.
I found the one key switch for a language is very useful than switch between two or multiple ones by Control+Space or Super+Space. I can type without ...
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'Line Break' or 'Shift+Enter' issue (when multiple keyboard layouts are enabled)
Issue Behaviour:
Can not add a line break with shift+enter. Nothing happens instead.
When occurs:
According to my tests if I enable English-US layout and "Bangla(Probhat)" layout shift+enter ...
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Chinese input does not work in Chrome (Ubuntu 23.04)
I have just installed Ubuntu 23.04 and found Chinese input does not work in Chrome. It does work on other applications, e.g. Firefox or gedit. Although the current status is set to "中" in ...
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Korean(Hangul) keyboard doesn't work properly
When I type in Korean it types like "ㅎㅏㄴㅏ ㄷㅜㄹ ㅅㅔㅅ ㄴㅔㅅ". So what I mean is it doesn't connect the letters.
OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Input Source: Korean(Hangul)
Input method system: IBus
Keyboard ...
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Cannot use ibus on applications
I'm trying to install ibus. I changed my environment variable XMODIFIERS to ibus, then I log out and login, the variable still the old one, its doesn't change. I tried unset it and export it again but ...
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Unable to disable ctrl+shift+u Unicode input shortcut
I am trying to disable the unicode insert keyboard shortcut of ctrl+shift+u but no matter what I do it is still enabled and I don't understand why. I want to disable it because it interferes with ...
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iBus works in Firefox, but not in gedit, libre office or terminal
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and I installed iBus-bamboo for Vietnamese writing. I can switch to Vietnamese input method and type Vietnamese characters in firefox, but in gedit, terminal, libre office, ...
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Whatsapp Web as a Google Chrome webapp cannot take hangul input with ibus-setup
I am running xubuntu and use i3wm. Then I want to have Korean keyboard layout. I have followed suggestions on this question. Basically what I did was install ibus-setup-hangul and then run ibus-setup. ...
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How to stop automatic candidate insertion with ibus-table?
I’m using ibus-table (specifically, ibus-table-latex) and would like to disable the following behavior:
When I start typing something that triggers ibus-table’s candidate list (e. g. any part of \...
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ibus-table-latex trigger keybinding (or just documentation in general)
I’ve installed the ibus-table-latex package via APT and it works fine. However, I don’t see a way to re-bind (or disable) some of the triggers (backslash \, _, ^) that open the “candidate list”. In ...
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Ctrl-shift-e does not create vertical split on my Ubuntu 20.04 Machine
On my teminator, if I want to create a vertical split using ctrl-shift-e, I see an e with an underline, which I believe is emoji interception. I have tried deleting emoji annotation in ibus-setup (I ...
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Not able to type Hangul letters
I would like to occasionally type some hangul letters by pressing SUPER+SPACE and select "Korean" input. But I am not able to make it work yet on Ubuntu 22.04. When I press SUPER+SPACE I can ...
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How do ibus-setup, xfce4-keyboard-settings, /usr/share/m17n/, /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols relate to each other?
In ancient times it was ~/.Xmodmap, then I learned how to tweak keyboard settings via /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols. Now I have
ibus-setup fed from /usr/share/m17n/ it seems
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ibus does not work on chrome
I am using Xubuntu 22.04 and using ibus-cangjie.
It works just fine on every X app except for chrome, and it seems only inside applications such as google chat or slack. In chrome apps, often cangjie ...
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How to get speech recognition working in ibus-typing-booster
What I tried
Installed sudo apt install ibus-typing-booster
Created API key on Google Cloud for text-to-speech
Downloaded the API credentials.json
Set the credentials
Added key binding for ...
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Can't switch layout with ctrl+shift with Tweaks
I use ibus with two layouts: Dvorak for Latin alphabets and Array for Chinese. I've been switching between the two using ctrl+shift, which I set up using gnome-tweaks, for months without any problem. ...
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Intelligent pinyin of ibus seems not supporting converting pinyin with tone(s) into Chinese letters
Since my reputation points are insufficient, I guess that I can't paste an image in this post. So I describe what I want to tell you using texts only.
I've been using ibus-pinyin in Ubuntu 22.04 to ...
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Mate IBus not accepting changes to "next input method"
I'm on Ubuntu Mate, and when I change the "Next Input method" to "Alt Shift" so that I can switch input methods like I do on Windows.
However, even after restarting, typing "...
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Ubuntu 20.04 take too long time to open some apps after install an Input method
I still enjoy to use Ubuntu version 20.04 But recently I had a bit of a problem when I reinstalled the system in UEFI mode instead of Legacy. Exactly when I installed ibus-unikey as the new input ...
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Japanese (mozc) does not show up in 22.04
I've already uninstalled and reinstalled Japanese in my Language Support, but Japanese (mozc) does not show up. I didn't tried anything else so far besides that. I'm using iBus.
Keyboard layout.
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I-Bus widget visible after reboot although unchecked
The I-Bus widget is always on the panel after reboot although Preferences-Show icon on system tray is unchecked.
How to fix it?
I noticed it after upgrading Ubuntu from 20 to 22
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How to toggle foreign language keyboard?
I have Korean and English as my input sources. The Korean language toggle key is set to shift + space, however that does nothing discernible. Opening ibus (ibus-setup) shows the next input method is ...
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Is it possible to reproduce the Mac IME switching model?
On Macs, you can set up your language keyboard to toggle between various Japanese input methods and keyboards in the same "set":
In my case, with this, I can hit the "switch keyboard ...
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Chrome or chromium can not use ibus
I have ibus works fine in every apps (firefox, text editor) but not chromium or chrome
After figured it out I will post here if someone else had a same problem
Mine is ubuntu 18.04, zsh shell.
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Ibus anthy and ibus mozc don't seem to work on either firefox and chrome in 22.04
I'm on a clean installation of ubuntu 22.04. I've successively tried mozc and anthy, and they both worked in every application I've tested except for firefox. I then tested on chrome, and they don't ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, iBus Chinese input doesn't work with Nvidia driver
In Ubuntu 22.04, with the default Nouveau driver, iBus Chinese input works fine.
But with Nvidia driver (510 and 470 tested, maybe all of them), I can only input Chinese in Qt based applications and ...
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Cannot use input methods (iBus/fcitx) in WINE apps
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and KDE Plasma 5.18.8.
Recently, I installed WeChat on Crossover 21 and found that I cannot input Chinese characters using iBus input method. When I click the text entry ...
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Scaling iBus as well as other windows
Note that the toolbar (after a 200% scaling) is 8mm high, but the iBus panel is as small as it, which is unacceptable. How to let it also scale?
OS Details
DPI: 96
Resolution: 2736x1824
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Keyboard layout: iBus or System Settings?
My Kubuntu 21.10 installation worked fine with three input layouts defined: DE, NO, EN (US). I could change layouts by pressing both CTRL-keys simultaneously, and the current layout was displayed in ...
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How to install Chinese keyboard with IME suggestions?
I have Ubuntu Server 20.04.2 LTS VM on virtualbox. After trying multiple ways I am unable to have Chinese keyboard on vm.
(I am using "ubuntu-20.04.2-live-server-amd64.iso" for my VM on ...
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Changing key of input method in ibus
I installed ibus and selected Marathi - itrans(m17n) as input method. It is working as expected.
apt install ibus{,-m17n,,-gtk} im-config -y
My question is how do I make a few minor changes to the ...
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How can I get ctrl+shift+e to shortcut to work in vscode?
I am using Ubuntu 21.10.
When I am in vscode and I press Ctrl+Shift+e, the mapping does not get dispatched to vscode, and instead it types an underlined 'e' characters.
I have looked at lots of posts ...
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(18.04) Gedit and Calculator with a transparent background for more than an year and I can't fix it
For more than an year Gedit and Calculator are unusable due to having a transparent background. Example: gedit transparent background
I have tried the suggestions here: Gedit has a transparent ...
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Open Bangla or avro phonetic not work on Ubuntu 21.10 cinnamon
I have upgraded ubuntu 21.04 to 21.10 and it is found that avro phonetic bangla or open Bangla is not working on cinnaman but works fine in ubuntu, how can I install avro bangla or open bangla in ...
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Cannot load the desktop after adding Chinese input method
I have a problem which looks very similar to the problem described in this Discourse thread: Problems to add Chinese layout to Ubuntu 18.04
Basically, the desktop does not load after I input the ...
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Change Japanese(Anthy) Font in Gnome3
I'm trying to find a way to change the font used in Gnome3 when using the Japanese(Anthy) input method. I added Japanese(Anthy) as an Input Source under Settings -> Keyboard.
I ran ibus-setup and ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Language Input fail to launch
So I have installed Chinese and Japanese in addition to the default English input. After my first installation both appeared to work correctly, i.e. the Japanese input would register hiragana input, ...
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Korean input works everywhere except TeXworks
I followed the instructions here to enable Hangeul (Korean) typing on my Ubuntu 20.04 installation using IBusHangul.
Everything works perfectly fine except in TeXworks and TeXmaker. In both programs, ...
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How to hide the prompt-like thing when changing input source?
I am using ibus-avro on Ubuntu 20.04. I have 2 input sources: en, bn. I am using F8 to switch the sources. When switching, a large prompt-like thing (I don't know the exact term) is shown on screen. I ...
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Can't connect to IBus error
I'm trying to type Vietnamese in Ubuntu 20.04 with i3wm (with GNOME everything works fine) but I'm getting an error: "Can't connect to Ibus" when execute the following command:
ibus list-...
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WPS very slowly when typing with ibus vietnamese
I have installed WPS Office 11.1.0.10161 from official website with .deb package.
When I typing vietnamese by ibus-unikey iput method, it's very slowly to display what I typed. The problem occurred in ...
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How do I get traditional chinese input with pinyin on Ubuntu 20.04?
I'm trying to find a pinyin input method for traditional chinese that works on Ubuntu 20.04. A lot of similar questions on askubuntu are from around 9 years ago, and the answers no longer seem to ...
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ibus-typing-booster doesnt show up in input sources
I have installed Ibus-typing-booster for the first time and have tried logging out and rebooting I followed the stops as in the docs while adding new input source i could not find "Other (Typing ...
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IBus/settings keyboard layout interference in Kubuntu
I'm using KDE+Ubuntu and for switching keyboard layout from A<>B.
I can use the IBus panel (handy, using shortcut) or the settings (System Settings > Hardware: Input Devices > Keyboard >...
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Automatic kanji conversion as you type for Japanese input?
I have Japanese input working on Ubuntu 20.04 via mozc, but one thing that I miss from my Macbook is the sleek convert-as-you-type feature. I currently have to press the spacebar after writing ...
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Can't type Japanese or Chinese on Ubuntu 20.04 with Ibus or Fcitx
Ever since installing Ubuntu 20.04 I've had trouble typing Japanese or Chinese.
I've installed Japanese and Chinese languages under "Region & Language" and I've set the input method to ...
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