Status: workaround.
Quality: ugly and hacky.
This year I got tired of fixing issues after KDE updates and decided to look around. I decided to try GNOME, I generally liked the experience so I moved to it permanently.
However, I’m using two input methods and use Shift+CapsLock combination
to switch between them. Sadly, GNOME is not letting me set up this
combination in the settings. So I googled a bit and found a package called
“GNOME Tweaks”. It was a solution that worked well for some time.
(I dunno why GNOME is not recognizing this combination in the first place).
What’s wrong with the default Super+Space?
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It’s less ergonomic for me.
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Quite often I release
Superkey with some delay - in this case, I still can see “switching graphics” in the middle of the screen. And it feels annoying (for me).
However, just a few days ago another issue emerged: my Shift+CapsLock
combination was cycling not between two input methods (that are set up) in
GNOME. But between three. Seems like en_GB appeared additionally and I’m not
really aware why. All my keyboard tools (e.g. cat /etc/default/keyboard or
setxkbmap -print) report only two input methods (as expected).
So my current workaround is this (not optimal and definitely can/should/will be improved):
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Disabled
CapsLockin GNOME settings and changed its meaning toHyperL. -
Installed Shyriiwook extension.
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Created tiny script in
~/.local/bin/(source). -
Added custom shortcut in GNOME settings that calls this script.
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In my case, it was
custom2keybinding:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom2/ name
'Toggle Keyboard'- Finally, I’ve changed the binding for it:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding:/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom2/ binding '<Shift>Hyper_L'