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[Bug 883698] Re: keyboard layout indicator shows static keyboard icon, not layout

 

** Description changed:

  Keyboard indicator doesn't show current keyboard layout in Ubuntu 11.10 running GNOME 3 Classic (fallback) mode.
- It shows only a useless keyboard icon; when clicked, it shows layout selection menu; keyboard layout switching shortcuts are working too.
+ It shows only a useless keyboard icon; when clicked, it shows layout selection menu; keyboard layout switching shortcuts are working too, but I need to guess the current layout by typing, so this indicator is almost useless now.
  
- In Unity it shows a keboard icon with language code near it if you have
- more than one keyboard layout, but this is not the case for GNOME 3
- Classic (fallback) mode.
+ In Unity it shows a keyboard icon with language code near it if you have
+ more than one keyboard layout, but this is not a case for GNOME.
  
- As you can see, it had happened before in Ubuntu 10.04 (bug #531173) and
+ As you can see, it happened before in Ubuntu 10.04 (bug #531173) and
  11.04 (bug #826719).

** Description changed:

- Keyboard indicator doesn't show current keyboard layout in Ubuntu 11.10 running GNOME 3 Classic (fallback) mode.
+ Keyboard indicator doesn't show the current keyboard layout in Ubuntu 11.10 running GNOME 3 Classic (fallback) mode.
  It shows only a useless keyboard icon; when clicked, it shows layout selection menu; keyboard layout switching shortcuts are working too, but I need to guess the current layout by typing, so this indicator is almost useless now.
  
  In Unity it shows a keyboard icon with language code near it if you have
  more than one keyboard layout, but this is not a case for GNOME.
  
- As you can see, it happened before in Ubuntu 10.04 (bug #531173) and
- 11.04 (bug #826719).
+ As you can see, similar things had happened before in Ubuntu 10.04 (bug
+ #531173) and 11.04 (bug #826719).

** Description changed:

  Keyboard indicator doesn't show the current keyboard layout in Ubuntu 11.10 running GNOME 3 Classic (fallback) mode.
- It shows only a useless keyboard icon; when clicked, it shows layout selection menu; keyboard layout switching shortcuts are working too, but I need to guess the current layout by typing, so this indicator is almost useless now.
+ It shows only a keyboard icon; when clicked, it shows layout selection menu; keyboard layout switching shortcuts are working too, but I need to guess the current layout by typing, so this indicator is almost useless now.
  
  In Unity it shows a keyboard icon with language code near it if you have
  more than one keyboard layout, but this is not a case for GNOME.
  
  As you can see, similar things had happened before in Ubuntu 10.04 (bug
  #531173) and 11.04 (bug #826719).

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Title:
  keyboard layout indicator shows static keyboard icon, not layout

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Keyboard indicator doesn't show the current keyboard layout in Ubuntu 11.10 running GNOME 3 Classic (fallback) mode.
  It shows only a keyboard icon; when clicked, it shows layout selection menu; keyboard layout switching shortcuts are working too, but I need to guess the current layout by typing, so this indicator is almost useless now.

  In Unity it shows a keyboard icon with language code near it if you
  have more than one keyboard layout, but this is not a case for GNOME.

  As you can see, similar things had happened before in Ubuntu 10.04
  (bug #531173) and 11.04 (bug #826719).

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