How can I fix keyboard layouts changing very slowly?

Question

When I have 2 keyboard layouts (russian and english) they change slowly. How can I fix it?

Answer 1

This is a known bug in elementary OS 5.0. Whole system stutters a bit when changing layouts. There is no fix for this problem as for now, but I made a workaround:

• Save this script somewhere locally
• If you have more than two layouts change the value of LAYOUT_COUNT inside
• Assign executable bit to your script using chmod +x
• Go to Settings -> Keyboard
• Select "Disabled" in "Switch layout" field
• Now go to Shortcuts tab, select "Custom" category and press "+"
• Copy and paste full path to your script to the first column
• Assign your preferred shortcut in the second column

Please Note that this method may not allow you to assign some specific shortcuts, but system-default Alt+Space works fine.

Here are links to tracking issue and comment of guy who discovered the workaround