“English (US, International with dead keys)” missing on Ubuntu 18.04

Question

I was able to find and configure the English (US, International with dead keys) keyboard on every version of Ubuntu so far, but I really couldn't find it on the new 18.04. Did they remove it completely?

I am able to get the same effect if I execute the following command on terminal:

setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl

However, I am having trouble executing this command on startup and, anyway, I wish I was able to configure the keyboard directly.

Any tips?

Solution 1

The menu with the keyboard-layouts is bit hidden in Gnome. To set your keyboard-layout open language-settings and click the Plus-Button(+) at the bottom left. Than add your language again and after that the sub-menu with the keyboard-layouts will open.

The full path to reaching the option is: Settings app -> Region & Language -> Click the + icon in Input Sources -> Select your main language -> Select the keyboard layout from the sub-menu

Solution 2

I ran into a similar problem in XFCE under 18.04. Under Settings > Keyboard, Layout tab, after clicking + Add, I could only find a couple variants of English. Then (duh!) I noticed that this was a hierarchical list, with a little triangle in front of "English (US)". Click on that arrow, and all the variants appear underneath. It was strange that I didn't find this little hint in over an hour of searching, which is why I'm posting it here for the next person who doesn't notice the triangle.

Comments

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

It's there. Not clear to me what made you think otherwise.

[Hee Jin]

I think you might need to edit the default settings file, see How to permanently configure keyboard

[amDude1848]

Same problem here with 18.04. Layout "german without deadkeys" and even Macintosh-keyboard-layout and so on not shown

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

A question to both AndreG and @amDude1848: Which locales have been generated on your system? Can you please show us the output of the terminal command locale -a

[amDude1848]

@GunnarHjalmarsson This is a bit longer list. i have installed german and english language packs, but mostly using the german one: C C.UTF-8 de_AT.utf8 de_BE.utf8 de_CH.utf8 de_DE.utf8 de_IT.utf8 de_LI.utf8 de_LU.utf8 en_AG en_AG.utf8 en_AU.utf8 en_BW.utf8 en_CA.utf8 en_DK.utf8 en_GB.utf8 en_HK.utf8 en_IE.utf8 en_IL en_IL.utf8 en_IN en_IN.utf8 en_NG en_NG.utf8 en_NZ.utf8 en_PH.utf8 en_SG.utf8 en_US.utf8 en_ZA.utf8 en_ZM en_ZM.utf8 en_ZW.utf8 POSIX

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

@amDude1848: Thanks. Considering that you seem to have all the German locales, the German (no dead keys) layout ought to be shown.

[amDude1848]

@GunnarHjalmarsson Thanks for checking this out. Unfortunatelly the keyboard-layouts are missed in the menu. :-(

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

@amDude1848: They are in sub menus of German or German (Germany).

[amDude1848]

@GunnarHjalmarsson Omg, i found them by searching for some sub-menus. I am not sure why i did not found them earlier. I think i simply did not clicked on "German" again at the bottom menu ("input-sources"). Thanks a lot for your help! :-)

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

@amDude1848: It was easier in Unity. Just one long list, from where you could look up any input source directly. The new GUI confuses quite a few users.

[amDude1848]

@GunnarHjalmarsson Thats right, this is hidden like hell. I will try to post an answer for AndreG. Thanks again for you help!

[AndreG]

Thank you all for the help! Wow, I never thought about selecting the language so I've never seen the sub menu. Indeed it used to be all in a long list in the past. Well, I guess it is more organized this way.

[AndreG]

And only to make this answer even more complete. The full path to reaching the option is: Settings app -> Region & Language -> Click the + icon in Input Sources -> Select your main language -> Select the keyboard layout from the sub-menu.

[Joseph Waweru]

Despite this, I can still not see the "English (US, International with dead keys)" in Ubuntu 18.04 I keep ending up with the same selection as the one shown in the question above.

[avtomaton]

Wow, that's just crazy. You cannot CHANGE already existing layout, you have to remove and create it again...

[FKrauss]

For me, apart from what's outlined above, it also took a restart to make the deadkeys work properly. I'm using UK intl keyboard. Just in case if anyone attempts this but doesn't see the results :)

[David Ramirez]

I saw no triangle, but selecting English (US) makes the entry expand into a variety of further options, including the "English (IS, intl., with dead keys" that I needed.