[Bug 1762952] Re: Alternative shortcut for layout switching Alt+Shift unexpectedly set by default

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

On 2018-05-13 04:47, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> Those XKB options are probably set by the
> keyboard-configuration.config script in the keyboard-configuration
> package. So maybe we need to figure out a proper way to make that
> script keep its hands off /etc/default/keyboard when a desktop is
> upgraded.

The attached debdiff is an attempt at that. When the keyboard-
configuration package is upgraded, the main code in the postinst script
is not run. When installing, including reinstalling the package, it
works as usual, and also when running "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-
configuration".

I uploaded the patch to this PPA (bionic):

https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/console-setup

(The proposed changes to d/control and d/rules proved to be needed for
the PPA upload.)

** Patch added: "console-setup_lp1762952.debdiff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1762952/+attachment/5139733/+files/console-setup_lp1762952.debdiff

** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

** Changed in: console-setup (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)

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Title:
  Alternative shortcut for layout switching Alt+Shift unexpectedly set
  by default

Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Version: Ubuntu 18.04 Final Beta with default Gnome Shell included in
  18.04

  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Define two keyboard input methods in Settings -> Region & Language -> Input Sources
  2. Open several applications
  3. Observe that application windows can be iterated with Alt + Tab
  4. Once application window iteration was begun with Alt + Tab, try to iterate backwards with Alt + Shift + Tab.
  5. Try to change keyboard input method switching hotkeys in Settings -> Region & Language -> Input Sources -> Options.
  6. Observe that Keyboard shortcut for "Alternative switch to next source" is set to "Alt + Shift" and that keyboard shortcuts can only be changed in Settings -> Devices -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts.
  7. Observe that the shortcut for "Alternative switch to next source" is not available for configuration in Settings -> Devices -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

  Actual state:
  * Performing step 4 does not select the previous app in application switcher but instead changes  keyboard input method.

  Expected state:
  * The shortcut for "Alternative switch to next source" can be changed and / or deactivated in Settings -> Devices -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

  Notes:
  * The above was working fine in Ubuntu 17.10. I assume "Alternative switch to next source" did not exist in that version of Gnome Shell.

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