Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions

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Article from Issue 178/2015

Author(s): Klaus Knopper

Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions.

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Dear Klaus,

I just wanted to thank you for answering my question regarding setting the keyboard layout correctly in Linux Magazine issue 176. I also found myself a workaround and maybe something that could help others who are struggling with finding out how to set their keyboard layout:

Right-click on the panel and choose Add/Remove Panel Items. Click Add | Keyboard Layout Handler (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Setting the keyboard layout.
Right-click the little nationality flag that appears in the taskbar and choose Keyboard Layout Handler Settings, then uncheck Keep system layouts. Under Keyboard Layouts, click Add and add your desired layout (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Keyboard layout handler settings.