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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  [regression] Cannot easily switch between QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard
  layouts while using Japanese Anthy input method

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

Bug description:
  In Precise, it was possible in the System Settings program to
  separately configure switchable keyboard layouts (e.g., QWERTY,
  Dvorak) and switchable input methods (e.g., Anthy). That made it
  possible to use the Anthy input method with a Dvorak keyboard layout
  and switch between QWERTY and Dvorak for different Japanese typists
  using one keyboard shortcut for the layout switch and a different
  keyboard shortcut for the input method switch.

  In Trusty, the merged Text Entry menu does not support this. The
  "Japanese (Anthy)" input source always uses whatever keyboard layout
  was in use last. Thus, switching keyboard layouts while staying with
  the Anthy input method is very cumbersome. For example, if the user's
  text entry sources are:

  English (Dvorak)
  English (US)
  Japanese (Anthy)

  Then to switch from "English (Dvorak)" to "Japanese (Anthy)" with a
  Dvorak layout, the user must press Shift+Super+Space. If the user
  instead presses Super+Space twice, they get "Japanese (Anthy)" with a
  QWERTY layout.

  Similarly, once "Japanese (Anthy)" is in use with a Dvorak layout,
  switching to a QWERTY layout with the same input method requires
  pressing Shift+Super+Space followed by Super+Space. Switching back to
  Dvorak requires the reverse: Super+Space followed by
  Shift+Super+Space.

  Furthermore, this workaround is only possible if the user only wants
  to switch between two keyboard layouts. If the user wants a third
  keyboard layout then it is impossible to order them in such a way as
  to make all of them usable with the user's input method(s).

  Another user has encountered this problem and posted about it on the
  forums. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2223071

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Aug 25 08:13:12 2014
  DistributionChannelDescriptor:
   # This is a distribution channel descriptor
   # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
   canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20120703-2
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-07 (625 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120703-15:08
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-24 (0 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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