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#1 2026-03-29 01:31:38
- XDimensioN0
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Keyboard layout changes to default when Start Menu is triggered
Hi
I just installed fcitx5 in KDE in order to use the unicode characters and this works fine. In 'Input Methods Settings', I added Canadian French layout along with US English. However, I noticed that when I select the French Layout in the system tray, and then press the Meta key, which triggers the start menu, the layout changed to English. I asked Gemini and it suggested me to disable the option 'Allow Overriding XKB Settings' (In Waylandd/XCB) in 'Input Method Settings' -> 'Configure addonds'. I disabled both options and then log out and log in again. But this unfortunately does not solved my issue. I also noticed that the 'Ctrl-Space' shortcut used to toggle keyboard layout only works when a window has a focus.
Any comment or suggestion is welome.
Thanks in advance.
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#2 2026-03-29 13:53:11
- seth
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Re: Keyboard layout changes to default when Start Menu is triggered
How's fcitx5 started?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fcitx5#KDE_Plasma
The meta key always turns the layout English, it doesn't act as a toggle?
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#3 2026-03-29 21:38:40
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Re: Keyboard layout changes to default when Start Menu is triggered
In Settings -> Keyboard -> Virtual Keybord, I selected Fcitx5.
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#4 2026-03-30 12:44:25
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Re: Keyboard layout changes to default when Start Menu is triggered
Did you make sure to disable the autostart service?
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