How to change ibus input method shortcut to Shift+Caps Lock?

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I guess the problem can be solved from the point of Linux Mint, where the ibus-setup application's capturing pressed key window is not broken.

The correct spelling is Caps_Lock... enter image description here

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Adam Ryczkowski
    Adam Ryczkowski about 1 year

    I like how the different keyboard layouts are handled in Ubuntu - I can customize the switching keyboard shortcut to Shift+Caps Lock, I can rig the Caps Lock keyboard LED to show the alternate keyboard layout...

    But I find it much more convenient to use the ibus transliteration stuff instead of switching the keyboard layouts. I understand, that keyboard layouts are a completely different thing and entirely unrelated to the ibus stuff.

    I'd like to mimic the keyboard layout handling behavior with ibus - specifically switching the input methods with Shift+Caps Lock (and as a bonus - rigging the LED to show if the alternate input method is active)

    On ibus-setup I see no way to set the next input method as Shift+Caps Lock.

    I tried the following values:

    • <Shift>+caps-lock
    • <Shift>+CapsLock
    • <Shift>+Caps
    • <Shift>+Caps Lock

    The problem might be that I don't know how to spell the "Caps lock" properly for ibus...

  • Carolus
    Carolus over 3 years
    I don't know how it worked for you, but for me one caveat is that when pressing my Shift+Caps Lock, it still toggles caps lock function (and light). So every time I switch layout I also toggle caps lock either on or off. So Caps Lock key is unusable for me in ibus. This might not be a problem if your only other layout is e.g. ibus-mozc which doesn't care about caps as much. Also maybe you can turn off your normal caps lock function.