i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:06:23 +0000Keyboard layout change problemhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1416/keyboard-layout-change-problem/I can not toggle keyboard layout English-Greek. I have tried in xinitrc setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle us,el it works only with left alt_shift, both directions us>gr, gr>us, but breaks right Alt shortcuts setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:lalt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,gr does not work and breaks right Alt shortcuts setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:Super_L_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,gr does not work and breaks right Alt shortcuts My mod is Mod1 So now I am doing it from console with setxkbmap us/gr Any solution? Thank youFri, 15 Mar 2013 17:44:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1416/keyboard-layout-change-problem/Answer by archer-ka for <p>I can not toggle keyboard layout English-Greek. I have tried in xinitrc</p> <pre><code>setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle us,el </code></pre> <p>it works only with left alt_shift, both directions us&gt;gr, gr&gt;us, but breaks right Alt shortcuts</p> <pre><code>setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:lalt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,gr </code></pre> <p>does not work and breaks right Alt shortcuts</p> <pre><code>setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:Super_L_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,gr </code></pre> <p>does not work and breaks right Alt shortcuts My mod is Mod1 So now I am doing it from console with setxkbmap us/gr Any solution? Thank you</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1416/keyboard-layout-change-problem/?answer=1689#post-id-1689 Try to add these lines to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and you don't need to use "setxkbmap" Section "InputClass" Identifier "keyboard-all" Driver "evdev" Option "XkbLayout" "us,gr" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" MatchIsKeyboard "on" EndSectionTue, 23 Apr 2013 11:06:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1416/keyboard-layout-change-problem/?answer=1689#post-id-1689Answer by matma6 for <p>I can not toggle keyboard layout English-Greek. I have tried in xinitrc</p> <pre><code>setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle us,el </code></pre> <p>it works only with left alt_shift, both directions us&gt;gr, gr&gt;us, but breaks right Alt shortcuts</p> <pre><code>setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:lalt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,gr </code></pre> <p>does not work and breaks right Alt shortcuts</p> <pre><code>setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:Super_L_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,gr </code></pre> <p>does not work and breaks right Alt shortcuts My mod is Mod1 So now I am doing it from console with setxkbmap us/gr Any solution? Thank you</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1416/keyboard-layout-change-problem/?answer=1686#post-id-1686I do it that way: bindsym Ctrl+Shift+1 exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap us -variant colemak bindsym Ctrl+Shift+2 exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap pl Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:07:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1416/keyboard-layout-change-problem/?answer=1686#post-id-1686