[Bug 23599] switching keyboard layouts should work for the "whole desktop" by default, not just single windows

[Philipp Schroeder]

Public bug reported:

This isn't really bug, rather, I suggest that the default behaviour is
changed.

Steps to reproduce
1. Add a second keyboard layout in System > Preferences > Keyboard
2. Add 'keyboard indicator' to the gnome panel
3. Change kb layout by clicking on the keyboard indicator
4. Start typing in an application (e.g. console, or text editor, or browser)

Expected behaviour: The indicated keyboard layout should work for the "whole
desktop", i.e. I should be able to type with the same keyboard layout across
multiple applications - e.g. write an email, lookup a word through the firefox
search engine, continue to write the email, etc.

Current behaviour: Selecting a particular keyboard layout only works for the
first application I use. If I click on another window, the indicator flips back
to the alternate keyboard layout (and the keyboard behaviour for that particular
window is flipped back too). Thus, I need to toggle the keyboard layout for
every individual application, instead of just once for the "whole desktop". 

BTW, you currently *can* change this behaviour *manually* in the System Tools >
Configuration Editor:

navigate to Desktop > Gnome > Peripherals > Keyboard > General
uncheck 'groupPerWindow'

After this, switching the keyboard layout works for all windows, rather than
just the active one. 

This should be the default, IMHO.

** Affects: control-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
         Status: Unconfirmed

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switching keyboard layouts should work for the "whole desktop" by default, not just single windows
https://launchpad.net/bugs/23599