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[Bug 1226962] Re: Hotkeys not functional in non-latin keyboard layout

 

@nazar-pc: It is very important to care and make an effort to figure out what is going on.
Your case is about Java apps, which is a distinctive group of GUI programs. 
I am not aware of functionality that XIM ('setxkbmap') would offer the feature to have working shortcuts with non-English layouts, unless it is some hack that is specific to the Java app.

For your case, I highly recommend for you to create a new bug report under "java-common",
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/java-common
with a title like "Shortcuts/hotkeys not working when non-latin layout is active",
and describe in detail the problem and add your workaround using "setxkbmap".

Then, post the URL of the report here so that those that are interested, can subscribe as well.
I'll then look to find the appropriate upstream project and link there.

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Title:
  Hotkeys not functional in non-latin keyboard layout

Status in aptana-studio-installer:
  New
Status in Default settings and artwork for Baltix OS:
  New
Status in LibreOffice:
  Fix Released
Status in ibus:
  New
Status in Indicator keyboard:
  Fix Released
Status in Inkscape:
  New
Status in Intellij Idea:
  New
Status in monodevelop:
  New
Status in Mutter:
  Fix Released
Status in okular:
  New
Status in OpenOffice:
  New
Status in sigram:
  New
Status in Unity:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in kdevelop package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in openjdk-7 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in unity-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in gnome-settings-daemon source package in Xenial:
  Triaged
Status in gnome-terminal source package in Xenial:
  Triaged
Status in kdevelop source package in Xenial:
  Confirmed
Status in openjdk-7 source package in Xenial:
  Incomplete
Status in unity source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in unity-settings-daemon source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in gnome-shell package in Fedora:
  Unknown
Status in openoffice package in Fedora:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  New keyboard layout changer in Ubuntu 13.10 introduce  old-new bug. Any system or application hotkey witch use char (for example: ctrl+alt+t for terminal or ctrl+t for new tab in browser) become unfunctional when selected non-latin keyboard layout.
  Hotkeys with F1-12, numbers and other non-character buttons works perfectly.

  Window manager hotkeys not affected by this bug. All hotkeys in system
  parameters->keyboard->hotkeys->windows works perfect with any keyboard
  layout.

  Workaround for some system hotkeys and two layouts (english and non-
  latin): rebind all hotkeys in your local layout. For example instead
  of ctrl+alt+t use ctrl+alt+τ (greek tau). That hotkey still work with
  english layout.  If you use english and two different non-latin
  layouts this workaround helps only with one of them.


  Dear Ubuntu users and developers! 
  Please include the following information to your comment about non-latin shortcuts problems:
  1. What Ubuntu version do you have (Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.10 GNOME, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.04 GNOME and so on), upgraded (describe version) or clean installed
  2. What keyboard layout do you have
  3. What shortcut for keyboard layout switching do you use 
  4. On which session you have problems - that is one from Unity, GNOME Shell, GNOME FlashBack/Fallback (Metacity), GNOME FlashBack/Fallback (Compiz)
  5. With which program and its version and origin (Ubuntu repositories, PPA, non-deb binary package from some website) you have problems.

  By providing this information you can make bug-fixing much simpler and
  may be faster.

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  For other layout switching problems introduced in Ubuntu 13.10 you can see bug 1218322.
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