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[zeine77 <1280759@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I experienced the following issue, I think It's related to the same bug.
I have two keyboard layouts: English and Aabic (Azerty).
I typed a text in the search box on Firefox then tried to select it with CTRL+A shortcut. With Arabic layout activated this had caused Firefox to close. In the other hand, when English layout is activated this had behaved normally (selecting all the text in the box).
I switched back to Cinnamon because of this issue. User experience in Unity become very complicated when using a non latin layout with a latin one.

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Title:
  Unity shortcuts (Super+A/F/M/C/V) do not work on non-latin layout in
  Trusty - shortcuts are defined via keyboard layout, not the keys

Status in Unity:
  Triaged
Status in Unity Settings Daemon:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  There are shortcuts to open lenses in Unity, for example "Super + A"
  for App Lens, or "Super + F" for Files Lens, etc. There are also
  shortcuts in the Launcher "Super + 1 to 9" to launch apps from the
  Launcher. These shortcuts don't work if the keyboard layout is set to
  a non-Latin layout, in my case Persian, where almost all the keys are
  mapped to new characters.

  HOW TO REPRODUCE:
  Add a new Persian keyboard layout to the system, in addition to English, via keyboard layout indicator --> Text Entry Settings.
  Switch to the Persian layout (by clicking on the keyboard layout indicator).
  Press "Super + F".

  WHAT HAPPENS:
  Dash is not open. Nothing happens.

  WHAT SHOULD HEPPEN:
  The Files Lens in the dash should open.
  The shortcuts should be associated with the keys on the keyboard, not to the characters they are associated with (which depends on the active keyboard layout).
  When I am typing something in Persian, and I want to search for a file, it is not reasonable that I should first switch back to the English layout before I can use a particular shortcut.

  ====================
  This problem does not happen in some other apps like gedit or Firefox.

  COMPARE TO GEDIT:
  Open gedit text editor.
  Write something.
  Switch to the Persian layout.
  Press "Ctrl + S" (the shortcut to save the document).

  WHAT HAPPENS, AND WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN:
  The save dialoge box appears.

  ====================
  I think this problem happens for all keyboard layouts that don't use Latin characters.
  Layout-wise, when I press "Ctrl + S" while Persian layout is active, I am typing "Ctrl + س".
  But keyboard-wise, I am always pressing the same keyboard binding.

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

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: libunity9 7.1.4+14.04.20140210-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.27-generic 3.13.2
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Feb 16 12:04:10 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-15 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140211)
  SourcePackage: libunity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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