I read about Alt+Space keyboard Shortcut to change the keyboard layout, but it is not working, despite being defined in System Settings. What am I doing wrong?
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Have you changed any settings? try to reassign: settings --> keyboard --> universal access --> here select "Next keyboard layout ", press Alt+Space. Please let me know :)– RavanNov 22, 2015 at 14:45
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@Ravan It does not help. All is same, shortcut doesn't work. Freya is fully updated.– FireburnNov 22, 2015 at 15:36
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Are you sure those two keys are working?– RavanNov 22, 2015 at 15:38
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Absolutely sure, if you mean that keyboard recognized them. Keys are working, but nothing change... :(– FireburnNov 22, 2015 at 15:39
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1Wow, it works! Shift+Space worked. But what's up with Alt+Space?– FireburnNov 22, 2015 at 15:45
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With Alt+Space may be problems, but you can change Win+Space in System Settings (Switchboard). This combination does not fail, and works without problems.
Also you can set some other combinations that are not available from Switchboard.
Shift+Alt:
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.keybindings switch-input-source "['<Alt>Shift_L', '<Alt>Shift_R', '<Shift>Alt_L', '<Shift>Alt_R']"
Shift+Ctrl:
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.keybindings switch-input-source "['<Ctrl>Shift_L', '<Ctrl>>Shift_R', '<Shift>Control_L', '<Shift>Control_R']"
Caps Lock:
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.keybindings switch-input-source "['Caps_Lock']"
While solving this issue, I messed up something in dconf and results Alt+Space stopped working. The shortcut working with other combinations.(Even I have set all settings to : Default Settings)
Finally reboot solved the issue.
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Strange... I don't recall ever modifying something in dconf. I don't know if dconf-editor is installed at all!– FireburnNov 22, 2015 at 19:08
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Oh, and, by the way, Alt+Space works when I made it "Previous Keyboard Layout" shortcut.– FireburnNov 22, 2015 at 19:12
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@Fireburn I observed one point, but I can't confirm it : When Alt+Space stops working, "Reassaign working for me "– RavanNov 23, 2015 at 3:45
I found another work around by binding 'Previous Keyboard Layout' to Alt+Space. It works fine.
