[kde] [Bug 474936] New: Switching keyboard lay-out has no effect in Steam games

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474936

            Bug ID: 474936
           Summary: Switching keyboard lay-out has no effect in Steam
                    games
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Archlinux
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: kravanjunk at protonmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

I generally use the Belgian (azerty) keyboard lay-out. For some games I switch
the lay-out to US (qwerty) with a short-cut but the game does not recognize the
switch and continues to use the azerty lay-out UNLESS I open the keyboard
lay-out section and move the US qwerty lay-out above the Belgian azerty one and
hit apply.
Then the game will start recognizing my inputs in qwerty.
I've always used the global switching policy and that didn't work, other
switching policies also had no effect.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start a game in Steam (I tested Batman: Arkham Asylum and Origins)
2. Test out the keyboard to confirm it's azerty/qwerty
3. Use the shortcut to change to qwerty/azerty
4. Notice there's no difference
5. Alt-tab and change the order of the keyboard lay-outs in keyboard system
settings
6. Go back into the game and notice the lay-out listed at the top in keyboard
systeml settings is now being recognized by the game

EXPECTED RESULT
The expected result would be that if I change the keyboard lay-out by using the
shortcut and the OSD shows my lay-out has switched that the game now uses the
new keyboard lay-out.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Unsure if this matters but I'm using Wayland.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I think a possible solution could be that changing the lay-out by shortcut also
re-arranges the keyboard lay-out order, but I'm not a developer.

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