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[Christopher Townsend <christopher.townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would argue that this is really fixed for the bug at hand.  The bug
*only* specifies changing the keyboard layout in the lockscreen and does
not specify that the newly selected keyboard layout should carry over
back into the session.  I'd even argue that the original keyboard layout
in the session is the correct behavior, but that should be discussed
elsewhere.

That said, I think this bug is not verification-failed and a new bug
should be entered for discussing whether the newly selected keyboard
layout should carry over to the session.

** Tags removed: verification-failed
** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  Lockscreen: keyboard layout switching shortcuts not working

Status in Unity:
  In Progress
Status in Unity 7.2 series:
  In Progress
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “unity” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  New Unity Lockscreen has the same problem as the old one from Gnome: the chosen keyboard shortcut is not switching keyboard layouts on it, the only way is to use mouse.

  [Test Case]
  1. To make things uncomfortable, switch layout to Russian or any other with your favourite shortcut(i am using alt-shift)
  2. Lock the screen with ctrl-alt-l
  3. Try to change layout back to English to enter password
  Expected:
  Layput should change and you should be able to login without touching anything but keyboard.
  What's happening:
  Nothing, doesn't react on the keyboard shortcut, you have to change layout using indicator on top panel.

  [Regression Potential]
  1. There may potentially be missing keyboard shorts.
  2. Key grabs may persist after the lockscreen has been released.
  3. new code contains dynamic memory allocation, which always introduces potential leaks, crashes, or exhaustion

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