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How to undo Japanese character input mode? [duplicate]

I accidentally hit my keyboard and pushed something and now whenever I type it's Japanese characters how do I undo it?
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How do I switch to another language?

How do you switch Ubuntu to another (human) language without reinstalling it?
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Switch languages ubuntu 20.04 lxqt desktop

I wonder if anyone can please help me. I have installed ubuntu 20.04. then installed the lxqt desktop for it. I want to have two langues available for typing. And I want to switch between them by ...
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Modeless/stateless layout language switching with Caps Lock, again (18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver)

This has been asked countless times, so I'll try to be brief. I have two input layouts, Ukrainian and English, and want: to use Caps Lock for fast switching; not have any delays imposed, I'm a fast ...
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Configure keyboard shortcuts to CapsLock and Shift + CapsLock in 18.04 Bionic Beaver

I want to configure CapsLock to switch always to the English keyboard layout (input source), while Shift+CapsLock switches always to Russian [18.04] I've been using the setup described in the title ...
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Is there a Google Input tools alternative for Ubuntu?

For typing non-English languages, the ubuntu keyboard does not provide auto suggestions like Google Input tools. There is only the phonetic typing option. Is there a good alternative which is as ...
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How to use Māori macrons in KDE Plasma / Ubuntu 22.04?

I've used Ubuntu for several years & are currently using Ubuntu 22.04 - Jammy Jellyfish on a Lenovo Carbon X1. I live in New Zealand & use Māori phrases in my correspondence. The Māori ...
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Unable to Input Chinese Characters Using Pinyin

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04, and I'm trying to input Chinese characters using ibus and/or ibus-pinyin. The problem I face is that, no matter what input methods I try to switch to, I never see the expected pop-...
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How to maintain language of lock screen?

Half the time the computer locks, the language of the focused window isn't set to English, so I enter the password in the lock screen in the wrong language. Is it possible to maintain the language of ...
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persian keyboard layout not present in ubuntu 22.10

i recently changed from ubuntu 20.04 to ubuntu 22.10. now when i try to add persian keyboard layout it's not in the add an input source menu. i searched for persian and farsi and no languages were ...
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Cannot change input-language (using Alt+Shift) over NX session

I can't seem to change the language over an NX session. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and locally I just use Alt+Shift to alter language. When I connect to a remote server using NX , I can not use this key ...
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Change accented letters in international with dead keys keyboard layout

I'm trying to use the English (intl. with dead keys AltGr) layout, since I have a US keyboard, but need to write italian text. The combination of AltGr+accent+letter works fine, but the layout also ...
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Type Korean on Ubuntu. Directions for 2023

I can't seem to get Korean to work on my Ubuntu install despite trying everything. Here's a video of my situation: https://video.intcultcom.com/recordings/5EA5XQP3AeXm9AA4hkvC?uploadId=...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS ctrl+shift to change language

Do you have some idea? In this version there's no Advanced Settings button in the Keybord section in Settings so I don´t know how to make a shortcut to change language.
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How can I write japanese characters?

I'm not Japanese but I'm learning the language and I want to know how to write these characters. I already searched how to do it and found Ibus-anthy but it's seriously buggy for me for some reason. ...
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Japanese default input mode

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on my PC, I use Mozc to input Japanese. Its default input mode is direct input(input English), I need to change it to hirakana everytime after restarting PC. Can I make ...
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Ubuntu not showing language options or input swapping after adding a language

I added Norwegian for my wife on Ubuntu Jellyfish under settings however while I'm able to add Norwegian the language icon does not appear in the top right corner like it usually does. It has ...
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How to change the log in keyboard layout in Ubuntu 22.04?

I'm a former windows user and completly new to linux and ubuntu (I had no idea what kernel, or booted, or distro was until a day ago). I just installed it to try it out. I am however not able to ...
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Keyboard-layout changes on login screen - only after "manually" logging out

Weirdly, my keyboard layout changes from qwerty to qwertz on the login screen after logging out of a session. Which makes it a bit weird to enter a password that contains special characters. It's ...
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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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Switching language by Alt + Shift after update from Ubuntu 22.04 beta to release is not working

Switching language settings made by Tweaks tool (gnome-tweak-tool) like described in accepted answer here. After performing update to release version by sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade ...
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Show keyboard layout image in Kubuntu

In Gnome and maybe other desktops one can see details of the selected keyboard so that the way in which one has to type specific / special characters becomes obvious. Is there a similar feature in ...
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How can I restore lost AltGr keyboard entry functions?

This question pertains to an installation of Xubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with current kernel 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64. I am running a Lenovo laptop W530 and the keyboard is a German one (QWERTZU). Initial ...
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Google IME for Japanese Ubuntu 18.04 (Budgie)

Hello I got Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 and I wanna have Japnese keyboard input. So is there a way to install Google IME on ubuntu?
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One language on logon screen and system on Ubuntu 20.04

I have 2 languages "en" and "ru". Every time I log in, the logon screen requires my password which is English. When I change language to English on the logon screen it switches back to the previous ...
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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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Wrong keyboard layout during disk encryption passphrase entry

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS In GNOME I have two keyboard layouts english and russian while system wide language is set to english. During OS installation I've set LUKS encription with a passphrase in english. ...
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Input focus go to wrong window after switching language in ubuntu 22.04

When I change the language with Super + Space, input focus goes to terminal. What should I do to fix this? Edit: This problem only happens when the terminal window is Always on top mode.
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Changing character input of one key on keyboard (not entire keyboard layout)

I have a handful of Ubuntu Servers (all of them the latest version) and as you know the / symbol is used very frequently. I've gotten used to my native language keyboard layout (Icelandic) but the / ...
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Is there a way to type in the Elder Futhark Runes without painstakingly typing each unicode symbol?

I have a great interest in typing in the Elder Futhark on Linux and am wondering if there's an application that I haven't heard of that can help me to accomplish that similarly to how microsoft IME ...
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No way to have Dutch(Belgian) [edit:'Belgian'] keyboard layout working on 20.04

After playing with Ubuntu among other flavours of Linux in VirtualBox on my MacBook Pro for several years, I figured it was time to build myself a new computer and use Ubuntu 20.04 as main OS. While ...
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Chinese Chewing input method does not work on Ubuntu 22.04

I apt-ge installed ibus-chewing and reboot the machine. Now I can type Chewing in Ubuntu search bar, but not else where. I tried LibreOffice writer,Firefox browser,and gedit. I can only type English ...
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input sources missing ubuntu "21.10"

I'm trying to install the Japanese keyboard and I've gone through basically all the steps required but when I accesed "Region & Language" the input source option wasn't there.
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Typing niqqud in a text document

I run Ubuntu in English, but I would sometimes like to type in Hebrew with niqqud. I've got Hebrew as a possible layout for an input source and can switch to that keyboard layout, but I can't find the ...
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How to have Alt+Shift shortcut for language switching and be able to use other shortcuts that contain Alt+Shift combination keys?

I configured language switching by Alt + Shift combination by means of Ubuntu Tweeks. But after that other shortcuts that include Alt and Shift keys stopped working. For example, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ...
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Finding config file for foreign language toggle hotkey

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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Disable SOME dead keys on US International with dead keys

On Windows, I'm really used to using dead keys (Dutch keyboards all use US International with dead keys), however, on Windows, typing '+s will produce 's, where as on Ubuntu, it creates ś, which is ...
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How do I insert an umlaut on the u in ubuntu?

I have already activated the compose key (left CTRL). According to all the forums I've read, I have to punch in Compose, followed by "u. This is what I get as a result: ´u' I am really stuck here. ...
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Multi language input

I use more than two layouts, and in Windows I use shortcuts ctrl+1, ctrl+2, etc. for different languages. Is it possible to implement something like this in Ubuntu? I suppose that I can create my own ...
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Changing input language does not work while entering keyring password

On startup, a keyring message pops up. Pressing Super → Space does not change the language, instead of that, it adds spaces in the password text field. If the language used in the password is ...
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Japanese input candidate window appears at the bottom after upgrading Ubuntu from 21.10 to 22.04

I upgraded from Ubuntu 21.10 to 22.04, and when typing in Japanese, the candidate dialog (for converting a word into kanji, or into something else) appears at the bottom of the screen instead of near ...
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Input simplified Chinese

In my Ubuntu 20.04, I installed Simplified Chinese, and I can switch to Chinese IBus pinyin Chinese input. Most of the time, I think I can get the correct Chinese characters. However, recently I am ...
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How to disable change language notification in ubuntu 18.04 GNOME?

Whenever I change language layout, this notification appears and after 3 seconds disappear and I do not want to see this notification.
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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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Hindi keyboard not working properly in Ubuntu

I saw and followed the instructions in this post, but the Hindi didn't work properly, both in case of keyboard app (layout settings) and ibus. Here's the problem (people who know Hindi will be in ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 input switch shortcut

I was upgrading from 20.10 to 21.04 and during setup some prompt popped-out asking me for keyboard shortcut for input switch, and I have choosen (Left Shift + Left Ctrl), and now I can't find it ...
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No language switcher

After (as I suppose) updating my Ubuntu 12.04 is refuses to change keyboard layout and only allows me to type in english. It even doesn't show language bar at the top. What is the way to solve that ...
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Cannot write in Greek

I've recently installed Ubuntu 11.04, which I'm unfamiliar with. I think the language package is installed correctly but there is no layout switching by using Alt+Shift combination. Tried to look for ...
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Static ordering of keyboard layout switching in Ubuntu 17.10 and later with GNOME 3

Just installed Ubuntu 17.10 and it seems that the keyboard layout switching has changed its behavior. In the previous version of Ubuntu (such as 16.04 Unity), if I have 3 different keyboard layouts (...
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How do I get the standard Windows French Canadian QWERTY keyboard layout on Ubuntu/Lubuntu?

In French (Canada) I see: French (Canada, Dvorak), French (Canada, legacy), Canadian Multilingual, Canadian Multilingual (1st part), Canadian Multilingual (2nd part), Inuktitut and English (Canada) ...

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