The osk shouldn't assume that active layout = language in use
Bug #1273275 reported by
Sebastien Bacher
This bug affects 8 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu-keyboard |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Michael Sheldon | ||
| ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Medium
|
Michael Sheldon | ||
Bug Description
The topic came while discussing https:/
It's quite frequent for users to stick to the keymap they know and use it to type in different language. By example a french user is going to use an azerty keymap even when writting english bug reports (example right here ;-)
The current code makes the assumption that you want to spellcheck in the language matching the current keyboard layout, that's not true and should be changed. The design indicated earlier allows selecting several language which would be nice (so somebody using both his language and english could select both and not need to go change the settings between e.g emails)
| Changed in ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) |
| Changed in ubuntu-keyboard: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| assignee: | nobody → Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) |
| Changed in ubuntu-keyboard: | |
| assignee: | Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) → Michael Sheldon (michael-sheldon) |
| Changed in ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) → Michael Sheldon (michael-sheldon) |
| importance: | High → Medium |
| Changed in ubuntu-keyboard: | |
| importance: | High → Medium |
| tags: | added: rtm14 |
| tags: | removed: rtm14 |
| tags: | added: usability |
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| Robin (tezaro) wrote | #1 |
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This is definitely a bug, because layout does *not* imply typing language, as OP says.
It is also surely the most important missing feature of the OSK. Lots of us are in this frustrating situation, having to choose between the right layout and the right dictionary.