[kde] [Bug 489277] New: Shortcuts of Keyboard Layout Switcher malfunctioninge

[Shriramana Sharma]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489277

            Bug ID: 489277
           Summary: Shortcuts of Keyboard Layout Switcher malfunctioninge
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: samjnaa at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

Hello. I'm right now using KDE 5 on Kubuntu 24.04 LTS.

As I have to frequently handle multiple Indian languages/scripts along with
English, I have configured 7 keyboard layouts with the following shortkeys:

Main:
Alt+1 Latin
Alt+2 Devanagari
Alt+3 Tamil

Spare:
Alt+5 Grantha
Alt+6 Kannada
Alt+7 Telugu
Alt+8 Malayalam

(I'm not really sure what is the difference between Main and Spare layouts
though… but that may not be relevant here.)

Now what happens is that while the shortcut Alt+1 for Latin/English doesn't
seem to change, the shortcuts for the later layouts seem to get shuffled at
random. Right now I have the shortcuts set up as above, but 5 minutes ago it
was shifting to Kannada when pressing Alt+3, now it's shifting to Grantha.

This keeps randomizing and I cannot predict a pattern except to say that half
of the time it doesn't shift to the layout I have told it to shift to. As a
result I have to manually mouse to the tray to select the layout by opening the
layout switcher menu and clicking, which is a waste of time for me who keeps
having to switch between languages/scripts.

I hope the problem can be identified and addressed.

My versions:

KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13

I have actually been having this problem for almost a year since Kubuntu 22.04
LTS which I was using till mid-2023, but I thought there was some problem with
the incremental upgrades of Kubuntu and it would be solved by upgrading to
latest release. However since the problem persists I am reporting it.

I have been using KDE ever since 2008 and I don't recollect having this problem
before Kubuntu 22.04. Sometime in 2022/23 something might have changed leading
to this problem? Sorry I can't be more specific than that.

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