====== Keyboard Layout in KDE ===== If you haven't set the [[.keyboard_layout|keyboard layout]] system-wide, you can specify it in ''KDE System Settings''. The following steps have been tested on Slackware 14 (KDE SC 4.8.5) ====Setting Keyboard Layout==== 1. Open ''Input Devices'' from the ''System Settings'' panel. Menu => System Settings => Input Devices 2. Switch to the ''Layouts'' tab. 4. Tick ''Configure layouts'' 5. Click the ''Add'' button and choose the appropriate keymap from the list. 6. Use the ''Move Up'' and ''Move Down'' buttons to choose the active layout. The top keymap in the list will take precedence. 7. Optionally, you can remove the ''us'' or any other layouts if you do not need them. 8. Click the ''Apply'' button for the changes to take effect. ==== Switching Between Layouts in the Task Manager ==== If you have more than 1 layout in the list from step 7, a keyboard module should automatically appear in the task manager displaying the current layout. You can quickly switch to an alternative keyboard layout by left-clicking on the module. If you right-click on it, a keyboard menu with additional options will unfold. ==== Assign a Shortcut to Switch Between Layouts ==== If you are used to global shortcuts such as Alt+Shift to switch between layouts, then on the same settings page, in the container ''Shortcuts For Switching Layouts'' click on ''Main shortcuts:'' and select the combination that you desire. ====== Sources ====== * Originally written by [[wiki:user:sycamorex]] {{tag>howtos hardware keyboard settings kde author_sycamorex}}