lubuntu/lxde keyboard layout switching?

[nomnex]

dajare, why don't you simply rely on ibus for your different input languages?

Ctrl + Space turns ibus on
Alt+Shift switches input languages

[dajare]

dajare, why don't you simply rely on ibus for your different input languages?

Because I didn't know I could? And in large part the point is not to cycle through language options, but to be able to switch immediately to any one of a dozen or more possibilities.

Ctrl + Space turns ibus on
Alt+Shift switches input languages

And this appears to do nothing on my setup. Obviously I'm doing something wrong -- but hard to know what that might be!

Update: That would be because ibus isn't installed. ... I'm still not sure it will do the any-to-any switching, though, as opposed to cycling through options. Can anyone confirm?

[nomnex]

to switch immediately to any one of a dozen or more possibilities.

Do you need that many languages? You can use 4 different keyboard layouts in i-bus.

I'm still not sure it will do the any-to-any switching, though, as opposed to cycling through options. Can anyone confirm?

You can define your shortcuts*. Or you can use your mouse, and left-click to change language.

* next/previous input language

[paulkiss]

And the easiest solution is to add this line to /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart

@setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle "us,ru"


so simply type this into your terminal and it's going to be ok after restart.

echo '@setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle "us,ru"' | sudo tee -a /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart

Thanks, man, you saved me!