Keyboards come in hundreds of different layouts for different languages. Even for a single language, there are often multiple keyboard layouts, such as the Dvorak layout for English. You can make your keyboard behave like a keyboard with a different layout, regardless of the letters and symbols printed on the keys. This is useful if you often switch between multiple languages.
Open the
Click on
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You can preview an image of any layout by selecting it in the list of
Certain languages offer some extra configuration options. You can
identify those languages because they have a
When you use multiple layouts, you can choose to have all windows use the
same layout or to set a different layout for each window. Using a different
layout for each window is useful, for example, if you're writing an article
in another language in a word processor window. Your keyboard selection will
be remembered for each window as you switch between windows. Press the
The top bar will display a short identifier for the current layout, such as
The fastest way to change to another layout is by using the
We're totally copping out on the custom options. That dialog is a monster, and needs a reference. Note that the options in there are dynamic from the X server. We might not get a definitive reference of everything ever, but let's do our best. Make a separate page. Don't clutter this page with that crap.
Also, we should identify common uses of those options and create task pages for them.