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[Alexey <alexey.lelekin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, Dmitry, thanks for a workaround!

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Title:
  CapsLock as a keyboard layout switcher also acts like CapsLock

Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have two keyboard layouts installed: English and Russian. I've
  configured my keyboard to switch between layouts with a CapsLock key
  using unity-control-center (All settings / Text Entry / Switch to next
  source using...).

  So, when I am typing, the only way I can change the current layout
  using the CapsLock key is to pause typing, and then press the
  CapsLock. If I press the CapsLock while typing without significant
  pause (simultaneously with any other key), I get CapsLock mode being
  switched instead of another layout being activated.

  Also, CapcLock mode gets activated on keyDown (letters become capital
  once I press the key), but gets deactivated on keyUp (letters remain
  capital until I release the key).

  Expected result: keyboard layout gets changed once I press the
  CapsLock (not waiting for its release), and CapsLock mode switches
  only on Shift-CapsLock (as it worked in 12.04).

  
  PS: 
  I managed to workaround this using gnome-tweak-tool.

  I configured my keyboard using gnome-tweak-tool ("Typing / Switching
  to another layout") and set this field to "CapsLock", but the
  behaviour of the CapsLock remained the same. Then I went to unity-
  control-center / "Text entry" again and tried to set "CapsLock" as a
  hotkey. Its value changed from "CapsLock" to "Disabled" once I pressed
  the CapsLock in the "New accelerator..." prompt. After that layouts
  stopped switching at all.

  Then I went to the "gnome-tweak-tool" again and changed the "Typing /
  CapsLock key behaviour" value from "Disabled" to "CapsLock is
  disabled" (sounds weird...), and then went again to the "unity-
  control-center / Text Entry /  Switch to next source using...".  I
  tried to set up a new accelerator, so I pressed Capslock on the prompt
  again and it changed from "Disabled" to "0xffffff" (and "Keyboard /
  Typing / Switch to next source" changed to 0xff accordingly).

  That helped, now I can change layouts using CapsLock.  Though I can't
  trigger Caps mode anymore, but I don't need it.

  The only problem I experience now is that if I lock the screen when my
  current keyboard layout is Russian, I can't enter a password
  correctly, because CapsLock key does not change the layout, and the
  only way to change it on the lock screen is to use mouse to select
  English layout from dropdown menu of Keyboard Indicator at the top-
  right of the screen.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.56-generic 3.13.11.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Jul 17 18:09:08 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-05 (314 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: unity-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-12 (96 days ago)
  usr_lib_unity-control-center:
   activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu14
   deja-dup             30.0-0ubuntu4
   gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu56.1

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